Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

What is the relationship between Cabinet sub-committees, individual Ministers and the Government? With regard to the Cabinet sub-committee on economic recovery and jobs, for example, who makes policy on the economy, the public sector and public expenditure? Does the Cabinet sub-committee make policy or is it the Government as a whole? Perhaps it is made by individual Ministers on the hoof, including, for example, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Leo Varadkar. Has the Taoiseach given the latter a licence to shoot from the lip,-----

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