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(Image Credit: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
A PORTION OF JOBS Minister Richard Bruton’s notes were caught on camera as he headed into Leinster House earlier today.
The notes give a tantalising insight into the inner-workings of government but from what we can tell there are no great revelations contained in the portion that we can see of a memo concerning plans to reform the Dáil’s committee system.
The ‘Memorandum for the Government Dáil Reform’ is dated 12 July 2013 and appears to request government approval for measures aimed at overhauling the Dáil’s committee system as promised by the government under plans to abolish the Seanad – the referendum for which is being held in October.
We’ve cast an eye over the picture above and can make out the following hand-written notes:
And finally…
Though we are open to correction we don’t think there’s any great revelation in these notes.
One of the images where the notes were visible. (Image Credit: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
They are certainly not of the magnitude of those belonging to Bob Quick, a former British counter terrorism police chief, who inadvertently exposed a document marked ‘secret’ as he walked into Downing Street in April 2009.
As a result of this a counter terrorism operation – Operation Pathway – was exposed and forced police to make twelve arrests in the northwest of England within hours.
Quick resigned the next day.
- additional reporting Hugh O’Connell
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How to screw over the public some more is clearly detailed on page 2!!
OP – “[Triangle shape] in bicameral – Bicameral is the term used for a two chamber system of government, as Leinster House currently has with the Dáil and the Seanad. The pyramid shape could be something to do with the organisation of power but this is pure speculation on our part.”
This symbol is used in Economics to donate change.
And Richard Bruton is a Research Economist according to his Wiki – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bruton
Or, they’re so desperate, they’re considering a pyramid scheme
well when the ponzi breaks down ; think pyramid !
Would that be ‘donate change’ or ‘denote change’? Maybe they’re making a collection for some bankrupt politicians….
Illuminati
A carefully constructed ruse to make it appear as if he’s actually working…
I remember a time when I’d say to myself that ‘The Journal is better than this’…
ADEBAAAAAAYYOOOOOOOOOO
Get out by end July?! Possibly maybe
Sorry, the article seems to me to be a space filler says nothing other than Bruton had some notes on a paper which mean nothing to anyone except himself or is it a scoop getting photographs of his writing?
App to kiss Enda’s @r$e at 3:30
John
What an intellectual contribution………not surprising!
Uh oh Leo, ‘ol richie wants some tail. You best run, boy.
LEO is short for Local Enterprise Offices, would think its more probable than Leo V?
The triangle shape is delta, meaning “change in”. So, it read, “change in bicameral” clearly referring to Seanad abolition.
What’s happening with all the comments disappearing?
The site isn’t in the best of health this evening, sorry!
Didn’t ministers get iPads so they wouldn’t have to print all them pages?
Hi Nikki,
Who do you think you are posting these pictures? Edward Snowden or something?
Grab your sleeping bag and head down to the Venezuela Embassy with yourself, the yanks will be after you.
My colleague Richard should have been Taoiseach not me.
What do you expect for a Minister whose agents have a track record of deliberately misleading Dáil committees?
Not much!
Get out before July…… Means get out get big pension keep the head down enjoy life… I.e what Finns fail ministers did before last election
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