Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have no hesitation in standing before the House this evening to express my full confidence in the Tánaiste, Deputy Leo Varadkar. I do stand here, however, feeling a deep sense of dismay as 2020 has been one of the most difficult years for this country. It is a year that has seen almost 2,000 people lose their lives as a result of Covid and has seen families across the country suffer from unthinkable heartache and grief. Yet, with all the challenges this country faces there is one party in the Chamber that is more interested in cheap political stunts than the very people it claims to represent. Should we be in any way surprised at the actions of Sinn Féin? We are, after all, dealing with the party of multiple mysterious bank accounts, the party that denigrates victims, the party that operates under a toxic culture of secrecy, bullying and intimidation and, most of all, the party of rank hypocrisy. With Sinn Féin it is always a case of do as we say and not as we do. It pontificates about a golden circle while Sinn Féin is the richest party in this country. It even had Donald Trump himself at one of its gold plated dinners in the United States. It had the gall to accuse the Government of burying records when victims of the IRA across the country are still buried and their families are still waiting for the truth from Sinn Féin.

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