State agencies ‘far removed from the Borg’, Donohoe saysBy Cillian Sherlock, PAThe Irish civil service is nothing like “the Borg”, the Minister for Public Expenditure has said. Paschal Donohoe said he would be cautious about opening up more State agencies, saying that there will be no such proposals in the Fine Gael election manifesto. He was answering a question about whether he would like to see a reduction in the number of State agencies, which a reporter described as an unaccountable “Borg-like blob”. The Borg are the alien cyborg race villains featured in the Star Trek universe, which operate as a hivemind. Mr Donohoe said: “I know who the Borg are and the agencies that we’re talking about are as far removed from the Borg as you can imagine, and they are highly accountable.”He said he believed it was important that existing agencies can show they are delivering against their mandate and using taxpayers’ money well.

Source: Irish Independent November 07, 2024 22:46 UTC