Quality of TDs has ‘seriously deteriorated’

THERE has been a serious deterioration in the quality of politicians going through the doors of Leinster House over the last 10 to 15 years.

In a hard-hitting swipe at the Government, former Labour Party general secretary, and now chairman of the Sustainable Energy Authority, Brendan Halligan said he could say this now, but he wouldn’t have in the past for fear it would have affected his career.

“We’ve got to think of things we would never have thought of before. There needs to be an interplay between the private and public sectors so that we can get the best from both,” he said.