Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Some day Deputy McConalogue will be standing over here as a Minister, and I wish him well in that regard. When he occupies this position, he will find that he cannot have overall responsibility for his Department at the same time as supervising its day-to-day operations. He will need to delegate authority and management. One responds to organisations when they request additional resources to deal with a problem. Did my Department or I receive an indication that-----

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