John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Powerful senior civil servants were mentioned. The reason I took an interest in this matter and read into it is that the question of who is running this country often crosses my mind. This is a clear example of who is running the country. It is also an example of who is being kept in the dark. As long as the very senior civil servants keep the politicians in the dark, they can do what they like, even to their own. I doubt that, when the witnesses were going through their careers, they ever expected having to turn up here to present a case.