Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

——cost effectiveness. Yes, that it what this is all about. There is an onus on each organisation, just as there is an onus on Departments with fewer Exchequer resources, to get value for money and to ensure that synergies can be put in place if they exist. Ultimately, the level of savings would not be significant if we got rid of all these bodies. We are just endeavouring to get value for taxpayers' money.

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