Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)

In the programme for Government, the Government is committed to legislating for a new code of laws replacing the Ministers and Secretaries Act and the Public Service Management Act. The objective is to spell out the legal relationship between Ministers and civil servants and the legal accountability for decisions and management of Departments. I ask this question given its importance and increased priority on the first day of the shrunken civil and public service at the end of the grace period.

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