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Daily Archives: June 9, 2011

Committee reforms – a good start or not enough?

From Jane Suiter The new Dáil committees made their first appearance today as reported here and here. The government is flagging its reform and ministers have been keen to stress that this will be a new era for committee powers. If this were true it would be excellent. We know through the work of Niamh Hardiman…

June 9, 2011 in Committee System, Dail Reform.

2nd Republic – Designing A Citizen Assembly

By Oliver Moran A surprising aspect of the debate on political reform over the past few months is that discussion has been not only on the question of what needs to change but also on how we are to answer that question. It is possibly a consequence of the seriousness of the situation that we…

June 9, 2011 in Constitution, Judicial reform, New Republic.

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