Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)

One of the major issues we need to address is that we have transferred power out of this Chamber to over 1,000 quangos. This point is not covered in the proposals in this motion. We need to recover that power. The power was given to us by people who sent us here. We transferred that power, unconstitutionally, to quangos outside this Chamber and we must recover it. We must bring it back to this Chamber so that the people are restored the powers they transferred to us when they elected us. That is essential.

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