asked the Minister for the Marine if a Management Advisory Committee and a system of accountable management on the lines envisaged in the 1985 White Paper on the Public Service Serving the Public Better are now in operation in his Department; and, if not, whether he has any plans to introduce such as a system.

The Department of the Marine do operate a management advisory committee on the lines envisaged in the White Paper on the Public Service, Serving the Public Better. It operates a system of management appropriate to the requirements and priorities of the Department.