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Wed 03 Mar 2010Government has too much power, warns O'Reilly
THE OMBUDSMAN Emily O’Reilly has said that the Dáil and Seanad have been sidelined and are no longer in a position to hold the Government to account.
In the course of a speech on governance yesterday, Ms O’Reilly mounted a sharp criticism of the Irish model which she argued has allowed the Government to tighten its grip and control on an Oireachtas which was now and danger of being a “charade”.
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