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Parliamentary oversight: Oireachtas committees and the Dáil Committee on Public Accounts in the twenty-first century Cover

Parliamentary oversight: Oireachtas committees and the Dáil Committee on Public Accounts in the twenty-first century

By: Catherine Lynch  
Open Access
|Dec 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/admin-2023-0026 | Journal eISSN: 2449-9471 | Journal ISSN: 0001-8325
Language: English
Page range: 73 - 96
Published on: Dec 22, 2023
Published by: The Institute of Public Administration of Ireland
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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