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48 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment if his Department has recruited a limited number of individuals with industrial experience as recommended by the Culliton Industrial Policy Review Group in 1992. [14439/95]
The Moriarty task force was charged with establishing how the recommendations of the Culliton report could best be put into effect. In this regard, the task force recommended, inter alia, the recruitment of a limited number of people with the appropriate experience to assist in policy work and programme evaluation within my Department. Following an open recruitment campaign, five people with relevant experience were recruited in the context of the setting up of the industrial programmes evaluation unit in 1993. In addition, two people with relevant industrial experience were seconded from Forbairt to my Department to work in the competitiveness and employment protection unit. The industrial policy formulation role of my Department has also been strengthened, in my view, by the advisory and co-ordination work being carried out by Forfás since its establishment in January 1994.
