Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

The decisions taken at the Economic Management Council and by the Cabinet have all to be relayed to the public and explanations given as to why they were taken. This council, operating as a Cabinet committee, deals with the issues I mentioned, economic planning and budgetary management, banking strategy, the integration of the work of Departments and deals with the issues that arise regularly, such as the EU, the ECB and the IMF troika. Officials with different specialties may be called before the council. The politicians on the council are there to make recommendations and bring decisions to Cabinet for final endorsement and the Deputy has every right to ask about those.

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