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

They are important sectors and that is civil society. While I accept that it is right and proper that they should be represented, where is the opening up of appointments to those who are not within those loops? I am talking about ordinary people who are a bit further down society's hierarchy and who might have a real interest in and knowledge of these areas. They may work on the shop floor and the front line but they never get access to boards. They never really have input into these areas. Until people see a change there, the perception will continue that the cronies of one political tribe or another dominate these boards.

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