Dáil debates

Tuesday, 1 April 2025

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion

 

5:15 am

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This time, the Opposition did not like the result. What did it do? It comes for the Ceann Comhairle's head. This is straight out of a populist playbook. If you do not like the answer, attack a person's integrity and motive, and inevitably seek his or her head. Fine Gael has had differences with the Ceann Comhairle over the years - they are well documented - and I am sure we will again. However, we respect her mandate and the difficult job she has to do. This is a democracy. This is Dáil Éireann; it is our national Parliament. I hope, once and for all, when this confidence motion is voted on, the outcome of which is clear to the dogs on the street, we can get on with actually doing the business of serving the people of this country because there is no more time to waste.

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