Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)

We want changes to the rules of debate to allow far more interchange between Members and to make it obligatory on Members, including Ministers, to yield to reasonable interventions and questions from the floor.

We propose a major programme of legislative and administrative reform to ensure greater accountability in Government and throughout the system of public administration. We will restore freedom of information and extend it to the Garda Síochána. We will ensure the Freedom of Information and Ombudsman Acts are reformed so their remit covers all public bodies or those significantly funded by the State. We will repeal the constitutional provisions on Cabinet confidentiality and regulate it by law.

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