Confidence in Government: Motion
Dail Éireann — 2026-04-14
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Mary Lou McDonald (SF), Dublin Central

-----it turned its back. Incredibly, it then escalated the situation through its rhetoric and refusal to engage, and then it threatened people, including with talk of sending in the Army. That is not leadership.
Even after all of that, the pressure and the protests, the Government come back with more half measures, not the comprehensive package that it brags of today. A small cut in excise, which does not make fuel affordable-----

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