Seanad debates
Wednesday, 26 February 2003
Local Government Bill 2003: Second Stage.
Why do so many officials have not just a dual but a triple or quadruple mandate? I come across the same people on enterprise boards, Leader boards and tourism boards. This is difficult to understand. Last year I was trying to assist a person to secure funding for a very good tourism project. I brought him to talk to an enterprise board, but the funding was refused. I said I would try the Leader board, but the official to whom I spoke told me that he would be there as well and that the request for funding would again be refused. I then met the same person at a meeting of the tourism board. The same people were probably sitting on the Western Development Board. It does not make sense to have the same people sit on so many agencies.
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