Seanad debates
Wednesday, 6 February 2019
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
10:30 am
Máire Devine (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
We have a Minister who does not know what he is doing while Fianna Fáil members are sitting around like gillies. I do not know if Senators understand the term but it is a Dublin way of referring to patsies. The Fianna Fáil Party has maintained the confidence and supply agreement but did not ask about or was not made aware of the situation. Are its members not feeling stung by the fact that they were not informed? Did they fall asleep at the wheel? The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection appeared on "Today with Sean O'Rourke" earlier and stated that Fine Gael is known for being prudent with the public finances and for being boring. I put it to Fianna Fáil that it was so bored while negotiating the confidence and supply agreement that it fell asleep and never asked-----
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