Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Context Phase

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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I welcome Professor Farrell. In his opening statement he said the culture of the Parliament needs to be attuned to its role as a more equal playervis-à-vis the Government. Nowhere in the document does he mention Whip reform. Does the use of the Whip have a role in bringing balance and making Parliament able to hold the Government more effectively to account?