Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

If there is a person on a board who is not happy with Government policy he or she has the option to resign from the board and a replacement can be found. The purpose, as is usual in this instance, is to implement the policy of the Government and if, for any reason, good, bad or indifferent, a person has a different point of view he or she has that option. The option is not such that where persons finds themselves in opposition the Government is expected to change the policy to accommodate them.

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