Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

He sets an example. I was just giving it as an example of the process through which selections for State boards occur and saying that it is the case that it is does not match up to the promises of a democratic revolution. I do not want to cast any aspersions on the people the Taoiseach himself appointed. I am sure all the people the Taoiseach mentioned are very capable. It is interesting, however, that almost all of them are full-time officials or academics. They are full-time officials of NGOs and unions, academics and business people.

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