Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I refer to a section in the legislation which states that the chief executive shall not make any comment about any member of the Government or about any objective of a Government policy. That provision has been included in the National Asset Management Agency Act and the Inland Fisheries Board Bill. Is it now to be standard practice that chief executives cannot express an opinion on the merits or otherwise of the Government, a Minister or the objectives of a policy? I am sure that is in order.

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