Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The professor said that to have an effective parliamentary democracy there are three key factors and one of them is the culture of open and transparent government, a culture that is lacking in this State. In this module we are here to deal with the relationship between property, finance, politicians, developers and so on. Would a culture of open and transparent government hinder or help those relationships that the inquiry seeks to investigate?