Dáil debates

Thursday, 23 January 2025

Taoiseach a Ainmniú (Atógáil) - Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed)

 

3:25 am

Photo of Paul MurphyPaul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

That is not the only stroke by this Government, however. We have the three extra junior Ministers, an extra super junior Minister and approximately €30,000 extra in expenses for each of them. It has become clear that the discussions on the programme for government were really more focused on how many snouts could be fit at the public trough. These strokes are engineered for and organised by the so-called kingmaker of the Government, Deputy Michael Lowry, a politician brought into a position of considerable power by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. a politician who is profoundly corrupt. When Lowry was a Fine Gael Minister for communications, he received £447,000 from Denis O'Brien. In return, Lowry made sure that O'Brien won the competition for a mobile phone licence. When O'Brien later sold it, he made €300 million. Does this matter? Absolutely because, while Lowry is the kingmaker, O'Brien is the puppet master. This Government will run the country in the interests of the Denis O'Briens, the Michael O'Learys and the other billionaires and multimillionaires. People ask why the housing crisis and health crisis are getting worse. It is because the Government represents those who profit from these crises, not those who suffer from them.

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