Michael D'Arcy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No Fianna Fáil Members opened their mouths during the interregnum between Governments when Fianna Fáil stuffed State boards. It was deemed to be acceptable because it was an action by Fianna Fáil. I do not agree with Fine Gael stuffing State boards and I only believe that suitably qualified people should be on State boards as this is the Fine Gael way. The approach taken by the committee on which Senators Brennan and Mooney sit is the way forward.

I repeat that the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, must come before this House and before that debate is held we Senators should gather ideas and put them to the Ministers so we can get people back in jobs.