Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I was surprised by the Minister's bring-it-on statement earlier. His list of achievements to date are one thing, but there would be many items on a list of commitments that have yet to be honoured. Not long ago the Minister said he was no messenger boy; the next week he was apologising for not providing information to me in the Dáil. It is the Dáil that ratified the Taoiseach's nomination of the Minister to his office so he should not lose sight of that responsibility. We implore the Minister to pull up his socks and start managing the Department effectively rather than obsessing with managing the news associated with that Department.

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