“ARE YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING? YOU’RE BLAMING EVERYONE ELSE:” Jack Chambers, Fianna Fáil’s Director of Elections for the presidency, gets grilled by the media about the implosion of Jim Gavin’s campaign.
Asked if he accepts that carbon tax is unpopular with the public, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe says it’s a tax that “needs to be explained” to people. He says in a few years carbon tax will be bringing in “important and significant” amounts of revenue for the State.
“I certainly wouldn’t be laying blame”: Housing Minister James Browne says population growth is a big driver of the housing crisis. When Ben Scallan puts it to him that most population growth is due to migration, he says migration is only a “small part” of the housing issue.
“That has nothing to do with the question I asked.” “Every time I meet you, you ask me the same questions.” Ben Scallan bumps heads with Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan on the Government regulating “mal-information” – information that’s true, but allegedly “harmful”.
Ben Scallan presses Children’s Minister Norma Foley on the abuse of children in State care and the dozens of minors disappearing on Tusla’s watch.
Social Protection Minister Dara Calleary defends Micheál Martin amid the Jim Gavin debacle, saying: “[Micheál Martin] has been in the trenches with me…he has my full confidence.”
In 2020, Heather Humphreys’ Deptartment of Social Protection granted a Gender Recognition Cert to Barbie Kardashian declaring him legally female. This resulted in Kardashian being placed in a women’s prison. Ben Scallan asks Humphreys “Is Barbie Kardashian a woman?”
The Irish Government is assessing the potential impact of making “non-binary” a legally-recognised gender, a Minister has confirmed in a parliamentary question.
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In the presidential debate, Gaza took up more time than any other topic – more than three times as long as Irish neutrality and the Triple Lock, and over twice as long as a United Ireland. Here’s a full breakdown of the figures.
“Transparency”: 26-year-old Fianna Fáil TD Albert Dolan spent 2 years creating a Government payment’s tracker so the public can more easily scrutinise how taxpayer money is spent across Departments.
“Infuriating to watch”: Ashling Murphy’s boyfriend Ryan Casey has slammed the Presidential debate this week, saying he intends to spoil his ballot in protest and urging others to do the same.