Water, alcohol and judges feature in limited plans from a minority Government
There are a few high profile Bills in the Government’s Autumn programme published this week, but they serve only to put a veneer on what is a limited legislative plan from a minority Government. In a normal year in the life of a normal Government, it is not unusual for it to put more than 60 Bills through the Oireachtas. But this Government put through just 44 in its first calendar year and has done just 25 in 2017. And critics say the problem is not only the low number of Bills: it is their quality. Much of what...
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