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.
“Inclusive Ireland.”
“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.”
“We seek to include, not exclude.”
“An awful lot of money.”
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.
“You’re taking from us our only hotel.”
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.”
“Clarity on the facts is crucial.”
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’.