Confidence in Government: Motion
Dail Éireann — 2022-07-12
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Heather Humphreys (FG), Cavan-Monaghan

As usual with Sinn Féin, it is a case of "Do as we say, not as we do." It is the flip-flop party. During Covid, when the Government closed the pubs, it wanted them open. When we opened the pubs, it wanted them closed. When we do universal measures, it wants targeted measures. When we do targeted measures, it wants universal measures. Last week, it wanted an emergency budget. This week, it wants a general election. It does not know what it wants. Its policy is very simple: whatever way the wind blows, Sinn Féin goes. It is a hurler on the ditch, with answers for everything but solutions for nothing. The Sinn Féin motion is the greatest load of codology I have seen in a long time. The people will see it for what it is - pure political opportunism.

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Sitting date: 2022-07-12