Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

It absolutely makes sense for us to make it public. This is part of the answer to the question asked earlier about how we consult. This is an example of consultation and it is at the early stage. Before we have even established these task forces to accelerate delivery on some of the key areas, we are working in a partnership approach. We listen to the NGO community, trade unions and the business community and get them involved and engaged. What we have to do is beyond compare in terms of the scale and speed of change. One reason the four areas were picked for discussion is that they are the areas where some of the task forces to accelerate our activity will be focused and concentrated. I was there for most of the day. I had to slip out to come here for a vote. Other than that, I was able to go from one workshop to another. I can say with regard to the level of engagement that Irish people want to be good at this. If we approach it in this open way, whereby we listen and it is not presumptive, and whereby consultation is not a tick-box exercise after the fact but that stakeholders are involved from the beginning, this is what will work.

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