Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I am only reading from my notes. To continue, it states:

...create a panel of suitable persons for consideration of appointment. The legislation will also specify numbers of persons to be appointed by a Minister...

The Labour Party would be inclined to support such legislation were it introduced in the House by the Government. I have been looking through the legislative programme, which contains 91 Bills, but I cannot see this legislation anywhere on the programme. At what stage of preparation is the legislation and when are we likely to see it? If it is in the programme for Government, I presume this approach to the making of public appointments is Government policy. Why is the Government not implementing such an arrangement?

The period between the dissolution of a Dáil and the formation of a subsequent Government has tended to be a busy time for the appointment of people to State bodies.

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