Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

That is the Minister's solution to public sector reform. Nobody else would regard all these internal quangos as public sector reform.

Jobs have been identified as a target area by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance. Since the Government came into office unemployment has increased by 10,000.

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