Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Government, and more particularly the Members of the House, needs to look at other State bodies that have been successful in delivering multi-annual programmes on budget and on time. We have seen different arms of the State, such as the NTMA, where the remit was broadened beyond its initial responsibility for the national debt.

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