Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Committees will only be effective when, after their deliberations, some significant impact on the legislation that comes before them can be seen. If the public is aware that they are discussing legislation day in, day out for weeks on end but if, in effect, at the end of the day there is no amendments to the legislation, then one wonders what is the exercise about at all. It all comes back to a Government that is determined to implement its agenda, which includes putting out a positive spin on a host of matters and then doing its own thing.

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