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Kilkenny Fianna Fáil TD John McGuinness has been elected to the Chair of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee.

Labour’s Galway West TD Derek Nolan has been appointed to two of the most powerful committees in Dáil Éireann.

There is an atmosphere of fear and trepidation in the air following the news last week that we are to pay over €30bn to bail out Anglo Irish Bank and that is because it means one thing — an even worse budget than was already planned.

Health Minister Mary Harney should put a stop to the €1.4 million in bonuses paid to 100 HSE executives and to the fees and bonuses given to PR consultants or else she should resign from her position.

Voluntary FÁS worker Eddie Hoban has responded to allegations made against the organisation in Castlebar on RTÉ’s Prime Time Investigates programme on Tuesday night. The programme raised more questions than answers and left the people of Castlebar feeling confused, hurt, and angry about allegations made.

Mayo Fianna Fáil TD Beverley Flynn has been appointed to the Oireachtas Committee on Education and Science.

I’d be upset. Not that I’m not upset. But I’d be especially upset if I were a civil servant.

I’d be upset. Not that I’m not upset. But I’d be especially upset if I were a civil servant.

An investigation called for by the Public Accounts Committee and the Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment into the workings of community schemes in Castlebar has found no wrongdoing on the part of FÁS.