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Reforming the Oireachtas as an Oversight and Accountability Mechanism for Human Rights

Post by Kirsten Roberts* In democracies, parliaments are crucial in balancing the use of power by the executive and overseeing the functioning of the State. In Ireland this balance is off – with the executive and civil service seemingly unwilling to cede any real control to oversight or accountability mechanisms. While the Oireachtas has been…

June 25, 2014 in Committee System, freedom of information.

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