Ivana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Senator Daly raised a number of issues and called for a general debate on openness and transparency in a number of areas. If the Senator wishes to clarify tomorrow which Ministers he wishes to invite to the House to discuss which aspects of openness and transparency, we can arrange that. He raised, in particular, the issue of appointments to State boards. As Senator Coghlan pointed out, this Government was the first to give members of the public the opportunity to apply for positions on State boards, a break with the cronyism of the past.