Professor David Farrell:

The Government and the Oireachtas. The Government is held to account by the Oireachtas under the Constitution. As we know, that is a constitutional fallacy rather than the political reality. It would have been nice to have lived in a world where the Oireachtas would really have held the Government to account. Therefore, in that sense, it is to blame. Both are to blame, not one or the other.