Dáil legislation: ‘New politics' is dead — try real politics

Is it too much to expect that the legislators we elect to the Dáil and Seanad do what they are paid to do, ie legislate?

As our report today reveals, fewer than half the Cabinet members have put through legislation since the Government’s formation a year ago.

Harking back to the election campaign of last year, voters were assured we were entering a phase of ‘new politics’ with promises that the old Civil War divisions would finally be consigned to the dustbin of history and that sane, sensible, mature, and modern politics would prevail.