Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)

The Minister has not answered the question I asked him. How many of the 37 has he met? The criticism I made is of the Department and the Minister is the leader of the Department in terms of policy. The report clearly states the Department needs to take a more proactive leadership role in setting and clarifying strategies. The issue is that taxpayers' money is being wasted in some of these bodies, but the Minister has no oversight of them.

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