Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I can understand why he has interpreted it in that way at this stage of his career. The Minister inherited quangos with State-appointed boards and directors from the previous Government. To be charitable, the Minister promised a great deal of reform of the boards. That has not happened. The boards are large. The average number of directors on the boards of which the Minister is in charge is more than ten by my latest count, nearly all of whom are paid. There are some extraordinary anomalies. Why in the name of God does the board of the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority, IAASA, for instance, have 15 people when the board of the IDA, for which the Minister has so much praise has, perhaps rightly, only 11?

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