David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Yes and painting the Sistine Chapel. I do not approve of that happening at all. It is a very corrupt practice which should be done away with. I have referred to just one example from the recent past where the Department was cynically used by the Taoiseach to nominate a totally unsuitable person to a board of a national cultural institution in order to get them elected in a by-election to the Seanad. It stank and there is no guarantee that this will not happen in the case of the National Concert Hall. It is an absolute argument in favour of accepting the amendment.