Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

What informs the Taoiseach in terms of principles in any appointments he has to make or may make? Does he, for example, regard as a matter of principle that one advertises publicly before one chooses somebody? How does he explain the fact that since the Government came to power, according to an Irish Examiner study that of 1,067 appointments by the Government, only 191 people came through the public advertisement process? How on earth can the Taoiseach expect ordinary people to think they have any chance when an advertisement for an expression of interest for appointment to boards made by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources on 15 February-----

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