Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Senator will be aware that I made my reform announcements towards the end of last year, in which I outlined the mergers, subsumptions and abolitions envisaged. Each line Department has been working on these since, although not everything can be exactly as proposed. I will bring my proposals to the Government very shortly and they will be published for Senators' commentary as soon as possible thereafter.