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Tue 12 Dec 2009Outdated Dáil leaves budget free of scrutiny
Endemic localism and our whip system ends up reducing budget day to a theatrical exercise in parliamentary voting, writes ELAINE BYRNE
IT IS of course entirely coincidental that International Anti-Corruption Day falls tomorrow, the same day as budget day. By a quirky twist of fate, tomorrow is also the birthday of the deceased speaker of the US Congress Tip O’Neill, who gave us that enduring phrase: “All politics is local”.
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