Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

That places a responsibility on all Members to avoid a natural tendency towards the politicking and partisanship which undermine the prospects for our committee system of providing the sort of democratic accountability which I agree might be more transparent to those who send us here. People need to go beyond party loyalty to work on committee matters in an objective and fair way. This requirement is additional to any reforms that may be suggested.

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