Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Perhaps the Minister could help me in a broader way. His colleague, the Minister for Health, Deputy Leo Varadkar, wrote an eloquent document when he was in opposition on the number of people on State boards. He said there were 2,416 sitting on State boards and that 2,007 State agencies were created between 1997 and 2007.

Perhaps the Minister may wish to answer as a member of the Government - that is fine - but I believe he has a responsibility in this matter. I am trying to establish whether these people are simply what they used to call in the City of London "grunt-a-month guys"?

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