Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Will that report address the issue of appointments to State boards? The programme for Government was very clear that it was intended that legislation would be introduced to provide a new procedure for the making of appointments to State boards, which would include the advertising of the vacancies concerned. I note that over the Christmas recess the Government stuffed State boards and that approximately 90 appointments were made to them. These appointments do not appear to have been advertised. What is the position on that particular commitment in the programme for Government?

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