Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

Chun an fhírinne a rá, níl aon chumhacht ag na coistí maidir leis an obair seo. Tá ceist amháin agam. An seasfaidh an Taoiseach leis an ngeallúint a thug sé i rith an toghcháin? The question is quite simple. The Taoiseach promised transparency and to change the way this place would be run. Committees have no power such that they can have any real say in the appointments of people to State bodies. Given the poverty in society, the revelations about carers, about which those of us who work in constituencies will know, and the plight of the unemployed, we should bear in mind that appointees earn huge sums of money. There is no independent or even semi-independent way of scrutinising their appointments. The proposal is not a major advancement. Will the Taoiseach not admit that in the House?

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