Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We have an open mind in terms of hearing practical solutions to these issues. From the very start in 2011, we set out a fairly dramatic programme of agency rationalisation which was broadly supported across the House. We have implemented all of that and there are one or two final bits to be done. This is one of them, and we need to have the courage of our convictions and bring it to fruition. There have always been teething problems with one or two agencies coming together. We have not completed all of the work yet, but I am determined that the programme we set out in 2011 and the reviews we have done since will be brought to a conclusion this year.

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