Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I wish to ask the Leader to arrange time to discuss the question of the membership of semi-State bodies arising from an article in The Sunday Times on 24 February 2013. This coalition Government vowed to end cronyism but State jobs are going to political appointees according to an article by Colin Coyle and Mark Tighe. It is a well-researched article which points out that 32 appointments have been made to State bodies by the Labour Party and 26 by the Fine Gael party. These appointments are totally political.