Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Why does this need legislation at all? The only people who can make these appointments make up the Government, therefore, it must be asked if legislation is needed to govern what should be good practice. If the practice that should apply has been agreed among the parties in Government, as is reflected in the programme for Government, why is it not put in place? Is legislation really needed to give effect to something already agreed in the programme for Government? There is nothing to stop it being implemented.

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