Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)

This review paper gave the Minister the opportunity to fix her Department but she did not do so and as a consequence, her Department will be chopped up. She would better serve the country if she moved out of her Department so that it would not be chopped up. Chopping it up and moving it around will cause delays in strategies and actions and we have had nothing but inaction. She has not tackled the competitiveness issue-----

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