Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In Ireland the only input is made from the top. Other public servants have no input; they are asked to follow orders, even though those orders have not been properly scrutinised. Public servants lower down the chain know that things are not being done right. Politicians talk about reform as if it was something new, but there has been no actual reform. A best practice model is not being introduced either. We are going to reward inefficiencies, while ignoring the need for real reform and to lift morale across the public sector. It is a missed opportunity.