Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I understand the Department of Finance did not opt into an operational review programme at all and instead carried out its own capacity review in 2009. The latter found that the Department is widely acknowledged to be a professional and effective organisation with dedicated and highly skilled staff. Is there a reason the Department of Finance did not opt in? Is it of such superior status that it did not need to be involved in an organisational review? Is there a reason for its stance or was it a case of "Hands off, leave us alone"?

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