Tánaiste Micheál Martin denies that Catherine Martin’s “women in the home” claim was an example of “misinformation,” saying that describing it as such was a “complete over-the-top reaction.” Question by Ben Scallan.
“Her opinion here doesn’t matter”: Mattie McGrath TD has said that Minister Catherine Martin’s refusal to retract her false “women in the home” claim, and her “bullish” insistence that she knows better than the Electoral Commission, represents a “subversion of democracy.”
Fianna Fáil TD John McGuinness says that the government’s current immigration policy is “simply shambolic” and is “giving rise to a huge public reaction that is negative.”
Fianna Fáil TD John McGuinness, ex-Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, says that Media Minister Catherine Martin has shown “poor judgement” in her handling of the RTÉ crisis, and says RTÉ may only be the tip of the iceberg regarding wasteful State-funded bodies.
‘Lawyers for No’ have called on the Irish people to reject both proposed constitutional amendments saying they could wreak havoc on family and succession law.
Mattie McGrath: “The thought that [asylum seekers] all get automatic medical cards is just a pure joke. It sticks in the craw of…all the other countless patients that are striving and begging to get a medical card, and they can’t.”
Roderic O’Gorman said that progressive groups who weren’t supporting a ‘Yes’ vote in the referendum would have to explain why. Fianna Fáil TD John McGuinness says this “sounded like a threat,” and that O’Gorman was “out of order.” He added that he is personally voting ‘No’.
“They’re not Independent TDs, they’re Fine Gael lite”: Mattie McGrath has slammed Independent deputies who shot down a Dáil debate on the EU nature restoration law this week, complaining that “they keep voting with Fine Gael all the time.”
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin who previously said Ireland could not accept “vast numbers” of “economic migrants” says the gov has capitulated to “violence” by announcing “clampdown” on “illegal immigration”.
Senator Michael McDowell – Ireland’s ex-Attorney General – has accused the government and NGOs of propagating the “old, lazy-minded lie” that the Irish constitution says a woman’s place is in the home, saying that this is “wholly untrue” and “disinformation.”
Fianna Fáil Education Minister Norma Foley responds to criticism from Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard that she was “stalling” on the School Transport Review. Question by Ben Scallan.
Equality Minister Roderic O’Gorman says a ‘Yes’ vote in the Care Referendum would place an “obligation on the State” to support care.