Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

The Minister has made it clear that there is no formal or informal reporting relationship in place between the public interest directors and the Minister. Many people will find that strange. Does he have no direct contact whatsoever with those public interest directors as individuals and if not does he intend to introduce more formal arrangements between him, as Minister, and these directors who were appointed to represent the interests of the State and the citizen?

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