Michael Collins (Cork South-West, Independent Ireland Party)

It is 23 weeks and four days since the general election took place and almost four months since junior Ministers were appointed to their positions. However, powers have yet to be delegated to more than 50% of junior Ministers by this Government. The Taoiseach knows well the major housing crisis we have and the major challenges faced by small businesses, by communities that do not have flood relief schemes and by young people waiting for close to 13 months for their driving tests. Powers have not yet been delegated to the junior Ministers who are meant to deal with these issues and to make changes. Will the Taoiseach tell the people why a process to delegate powers to junior Ministers, which took just two to three weeks after the formation of previous Governments, is now taking four months?

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