Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

What is the timescale for the legislation? I welcome the appointment of two Cabinet Ministers at the Department of Finance. However, my principal concern is with the Department itself and the transferability of staff within the Department. We will be left with two very small Departments when one Department has been divided in two. The number of public servants of high quality will diminish in each Department and promotional opportunities will be reduced. The reform agenda will have to start now in the Department itself.

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