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TD Mattie McGrath calls on government to intervene as Tipperary man is facing jail after erecting a log cabin on his own land while planning permission is not required for refugee accommodation.
Minister Eamon Ryan has said the removal of the word ‘mother’ from the constitution will make the document “stronger” while calling for a ‘yes’ vote on Friday.
Lawyer for No say there is “no need” to amend constitution to help carers
Senior Counsel Cormac Ó Dúlacháin on referendums: “Not even the Oireachtas will have the power to decide” what ‘durable relationships’ mean.
Asked if there is a morale crisis within the Gardaí, Justice Minister Helen McEntee says that Garda members requested that the force’s retirement age be raised from 60 to 62 to stay on longer, and that “many people believe it’s a job worth doing.” Question by Ben Scallan.
Education Minister Norma Foley is asked about the Leaving Cert calculated grades system, where students’ individual results were “checked and reviewed” based on traits like gender and socio-economic status to ensure “equitable” outcomes. Question by Ben Scallan.
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.”
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