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A New Way of Doing Politics

There is an urgent need for meaningful political reform of both our political culture and the political system. The choice is between the continuation of the old boys’ club that protects and promotes its own and legislates for the few, not the many and a new type of politics that respects the democratic will of the people and operates with transparency, equality and fairness.

Power is centralised in the hands of a small number of Ministers. The Dáil, Seanad and Oireachtas Committees are denied any meaningful role in the legislative process. Local government continues to be stripped of what little power it once had. People have even less opportunity to influence the decisions that affect their daily lives.

Politicians pay and expenses reflect a culture of privilege and entitlement that was inappropriate during the boom times and is simply immoral today.

The banking crisis showed the Irish people that a circle existed where people were appointed on the basis of who they knew and public money could be used to pay for financial gamblers’ debts – our hard- earned cash used to bail out banks.


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