Seanad debates
Tuesday, 6 July 2004
Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Bill 2003: Committee Stage.
7:00 pm
Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
Those criteria are laid down. Ministers have access to special advisers. Junior Ministers have access to personal assistants. A Government could change those criteria. Previous Governments had different criteria. Senator Mansergh referred to the Minister who had five special advisers. I am not too sure to which party or regime he belonged.
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