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Ian Guider: Why neutered committee system won’t be getting any real powers any time soon
The restrictions put on Oireachtas committees shortchange elected respresentatives and the public
Representatives from the University of Limerick who face the Public Accounts Committee on Thursday morning will be the beneficiaries of short attention spans next week as the spotlight shifts to focus on the election of Simon Harris as Taoiseach and the appointment of new Fine Gael cabinet ministers.
It will dominate headlines in the coming days, overshadowing the work of the committee asking just how on earth the university managed to lose more than €5 ...