An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2020-11-24
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Mattie McGrath (IND), Tipperary

This is very sad. Cúpla bliain ó shin, in 2017, the Taoiseach was on the Opposition side remonstrating about the appointment of an excellent Attorney General, Máire Whelan. He was not very kind in the words he said or the comparisons he made. The real problem here is not, as I have said, anything to do with impeachment, it is the appointment process. The former Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross, blocked it for eight months. That is common knowledge. This is more about the Taoiseach's weakened position. He is the most feeble and inept Taoiseach I have ever met. He is beholden to Fine Gael for this job and that job. Fine Gael got this job and they pulled the wool over the Taoiseach's eyes. They are pulling it every day and they will keep pulling it while he lets them. By the way, commiserations for Sunday.

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Sitting date: 2020-11-24