Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is delaying important decisions. That is patently the case. It is failing to make, and delaying, important decisions such as the introduction of State-owned accommodation for refugees. It is putting stays on Opposition legislation to avoid having to deal with them – stays that will last just beyond the term of the Government. Only this month, it allowed a Labour motion on housing to pass without saying anything about implementing it.

If the Tánaiste is setting his face against a general election, what is he going to do to change his Government's policies and focus over the next year, which is all that is left? Will he just allow a temporary Taoiseach to stand in and allow this political stagnation continue?

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