Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael)

—not to mention effective in the matter of getting the finger out.

Last week I raised a matter concerning the comments of the Director of Corporate Enforcement regarding people appointed by the State who are operating at sub-optimal level in protecting the interests of taxpayers, which is something we do not condone. I have since read of the initiative of the Minister, Deputy Dermot Ahern, with regard to the duties and obligations of State appointees to boards. Indeed, letter writing seems to be catching on; the Minister stated that he had written to the Minister for Finance, Deputy McCreevy, and I would be interested to see that letter too. Can we expect to have a uniform approach throughout the State system? This would be worthy of a debate if the Leader could arrange it.