Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)

Mr. Moran, the Secretary General of the Department of Finance has warned that because of staff cuts and a lack of resources, the Department of Finance will find it impossible to implement Government strategy and plans. Will there be legislative outflow from the strategic plan to be announced today? If, as the Secretary General has stated, the staff are incapable of implementing Government policy will there be a knock-on delay in legislative programmes not only in the Department of Finance but across all Departments?

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