Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

The Tánaiste also attended that conference, rather than keeping a million miles away. On 28 March 2012, she said this in the Dáil, "It is perhaps time for the Government to reflect on how it should in future interact with people against whom adverse findings have been made by tribunals [...] We live in a Republic and the representation of each citizen should be what counts rather than the amount of money a particular citizen can spend. We can look forward to a period of reform in which this Government will change the political landscape and our capacity to report and hold to account lobbyists." She did nothing. She could have changed the terms of reference of the IBRC and the winding down. She is right that Fianna Fáil set it up and that anything could happen, but she had a whole year to do something about it.

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