Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

If we all get pen and paper, I am sure we could merge and blend some of these steps. There was a time when Fine Gael' slogan in an election was to burn all of the quangos. Now, Fine Gael resorts simply to bureaucratic gobbledygook. There are people who know all about building and all the Minister of State is talking about are steps, and then he falls back on it being DEPR's fault. The Minister mentioned another Department and made a reference, I presume, to DEPR. The Minister, Deputy Pascal Donohoe, has been in that Department for a while and Deputy Michael Noonan before that. Can the Minster of State give us an answer?

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