Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2024-03-20
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Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP), Dún Laoghaire

This is not about the personal feelings of politicians; this is about the welfare and future of the people of this country. The Taoiseach's unexpected decision to signal that he is stepping down as Taoiseach bears all the signs of a Government that has lost confidence in itself because it knows it has lost the confidence of the majority of people in this country. We do not need a shifting of the deck chairs on the Titanic or an internal election in Fine Gael. We need the people to decide; we need a general election.

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Sitting date: 2024-03-20