Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach has outlined reforms on the nomination or appointments of citizens to the various State board, but we will wait to see the detail of these reforms before giving our view on them. This brings into sharp focus the function of the Cabinet sub-committee on public reform.

The Taoiseach appeared earlier to accept that Mr. McNulty's appointment to the board of IMMA was an abuse of the public appointments process and that has led the Taoiseach to bring in these reforms. I asked the Taoiseach earlier about the appointment of a former Fine Gael councillor to the board of Uisce Éireann - he happened to pick the example of Uisce Éireann as perhaps being a board that required some particular talents or skills. Can he tell us what particular skills this former Fine Gael councillor brought to that-----

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