Pat Leahy and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:

· Committees of the Oireachtas are indeed back, but rigor and insight seem to be missing in some of the questions posed by politicians during RTÉ’s appearance in front of the Oireachtas media committee on Wednesday.

· Independent TDs Barry Heneghan and Gillian Toole, who support the Government, put a dent in the Coalition’s majority by voting in favour of a Sinn Féin Bill in support of Palestine.

· Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams was awarded €100,000 after a jury found he was defamed by a 2016 BBC TV programme and related article that falsely accused him of sanctioning the murder of a British agent.

· And is it time to disband Children’s Health Ireland? Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll-MacNeill is considering subsuming the statutory body into the HSE following several controversies during its six years in existence.

Plus, the panel picks their favourite Irish Times pieces of the week:

· The tight Polish presidential race, looming climate fines, the rise of the campervan, and the wonderful Cáit O’Riordan.

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Committees of the Oireachtas are back, but why can’t Irish politicians ask a good question?

Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan

Committees of the Oireachtas are back, but why can’t Irish politicians ask a good question?