Seanad debates

Tuesday, 10 November 2009

11:00 am

Photo of Ann OrmondeAnn Ormonde (Fianna Fail)

I support Senator Harris. More than ever, we need a constructive debate on the reform of the public service. That debate should incorporate top management and how they perform their functions and delegate authority and the various layers within each public service organisation. This debate must incorporate the Garda Síochána, teachers, nurses and how they do their work and examine how their function is incorporated into each day's work. This whole area must be discussed at length. This Chamber should be used for that discussion. Members have often heard me say that society is changing. The public service must also change and so must management. We must ask what is the role of management today. This issue will influence society and the debate should start in this Chamber.

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