Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach
Dail Éireann — 2024-12-18
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Mary Lou McDonald (SF), Dublin Central

It is rare, but the Tánaiste was actually right. Consistency did not matter, Micheál, although you have been consistent in this: of recent years you have been hell bent on putting Fine Gael back into Government. This time, you hope for another five years, to copper-fasten and lead to 19 years of Fine Gael in power. The Tánaiste is so committed to that particular goal that he will not even countenance talking to Sinn Féin, the second-largest party in this Dáil and, it must be remembered, the largest political party on the island of Ireland. In so doing, he refused to recognise the vote of every person who voted for Sinn Féin as equal to those who voted for Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael-----

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Sitting date: 2024-12-18