Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Last week, amid all the speculation about whom the Taoiseach would promote, there was a lot of talk about geography and, clearly, that has influenced his decision-making around that. Does the Taoiseach accept that this promotes the practice of parish pump politics, or certainly the perception of it, where a Minister and holding ministerial office are more about delivering goodies for your constituency than about considering the public good? Does he accept that Ministers must have a national remit and that they should be fully accountable for the spending of public money? Will the Taoiseach give a commitment that he will draw up guidelines for all his Ministers on the announcement of funding for particular projects or the location of particular public infrastructure such that those decisions will be taken on the basis of objective decision-making-----

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