Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)

This question is about the capacity of the Department to deal with the challenges before it, and it is interesting that the official who wrote the reply did not answer that question. This also relates to the comments made by the former Minister of State, Deputy John McGuinness, and the views expressed by other members of Fianna Fáil about the Department. Does the Minister honestly believe the Department has the capacity to understand fully the problems in the real economy and to take the necessary measures to act on them? It does not appear from what has been done to date that the Department or the Minister are able to respond adequately to the crisis confronting us.

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