Seanad debates
Wednesday, 9 October 2002
Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion.
A hobby horse of mine is a belief that the Oireachtas should participate in inquiries to an greater extent than it does. The decision on Abbeylara is probably a setback in that regard, but we should not be deterred. The matters before the Flood tribunal needed to go through the full legal process and to be the subject of a public inquiry by way of a properly conducted tribunal. There are many other areas that effectively could be inquired into by these Houses. We could examine how that is done to good effect in other countries.
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