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Fri 07 Jul 2010Politics the preserve of an elite class, says Carey
THERE WAS a “class ceiling” as distinct from a “glass ceiling” in Irish politics, which meant a “very significant” number of Irish people were not reflected in the composition of the Dáil, Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs Pat Carey has said.
He told the MacGill Summer School yesterday that our parliament continued to be “the preserve of the elite few”, the legal profession, teachers and a few business people.
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