Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The claim that there would be a democratic revolution in how government was conducted has not translated into reality. It appears as if the cronies of one tribe are replaced with those of the other. The hope was that there would be a genuine opening up of the process to allow people who were outside the cliques and the networks, outside the existing organisations, to have a real input into how the different agencies and sectors linked with the Government were overseen, managed and developed. I have deep concerns about the management of the harbour company in my area.

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