Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Tonight's Private Members motion, and I agree with the timing the Taoiseach has allowed for it, concerns a fundamental issue about Government appointments. I ask the Taoiseach to make sure he can clarify before tonight's debate the reappointment of a member to the board of the ESB by the Minister for Communications Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Alex White, announced yesterday? The reappointment of a ministerial nominee to the board will take effect from 28 June 2016. This is an extraordinary development where the Government seems to be-----

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