Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have full confidence in them. I have full confidence in their advice. I have full confidence that what they are doing and what they are advising is done in good faith. I may not agree with them - I am not there to agree with them about everything. What we are trying to do, and the Deputy may find it difficult to understand, is to improve the current PAS system. We will continue to try to improve that and we will be making some announcements shortly which will please the Deputy because I know he is genuinely, in good faith, looking for improvements in this system, which has many faults. It will be improved. I will improve it with the assistance of the officials who have sat looking at these things for a very long time.

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