Departmental Meetings
Dail Éireann — 2023-03-21
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Peadar Tóibín (AON), Meath West

The recent elections in the Netherlands have sent shockwaves through its political establishment. Hundreds of thousands of citizens broke with all expectations and voted for the farmers' party in protest against their political establishment. We have a similar disconnect between many people in regional and rural Ireland and the political bubble that exists in this country. The majority of political parties in this country are heavily Dublin-based. Indeed, ten counties currently have no Minister, yet in one Dublin constituency, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, all the Deputies are Ministers. Currently, 40% of all Ministers in this country are from Dublin.

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Sitting date: 2023-03-21