Sean Barrett (Independent)

Would it not be better if a Europe with mass unemployment and a dysfunctional currency that has caused so many problems, as alluded to by Senator Whelan, invoked the old rule we used to have in the licensing system whereby one can open one new quango provided one shuts down at least two old ones? Setting up new quangos at this stage in Europe indicates that many people in Brussels are completely out of touch with what is happening and the failure of many of their policies, which are affecting so many unemployed people throughout the Union at this time.