Dáil debates
Friday, 18 November 2011
Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage
11:00 am
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
This culture fostered cosy relations with vested interests, big business and those with the big bucks and it spread beyond any single party and corrupted the entire political system.
The confidence of citizens has been utterly shattered. To this day, we still have a situation in which the Judiciary is made up of those appointed by, and close to, Government. They are seen by citizens as an elite far removed from the realities of their lives.
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