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Fianna Fáil - Fine Gael - Green government: A thread
(Add anything I missed)
(Add anything I missed)
Voted against Soc Dems motion to give workers a living wage: https://twitter.com/caulmick/status/1283814993062920193?s=19
Voted against Joan Collins motion to give Debenhams workers their full redundancy: https://twitter.com/MickBarryTD/status/1308882122590085121?s=19
Voted against Soc Dems bill to eradicate child poverty: https://twitter.com/zedsexism/status/1311776673327656961?s=19
Voted against Solidarity-PBP bill to reverse PUP cuts: https://twitter.com/caulmick/status/1313955895118880771?s=19
Voted to seal mother and baby home records for 30 years: https://twitter.com/NextIrishGE/status/1319367932984676352?s=19
Voted against Soc Dems bill to extend eviction ban: https://twitter.com/OCallaghanCian/status/1319384018769543173?s=19
Voted against Sinn Féin bill to ban co-living: https://twitter.com/EOBroin/status/1319392473576316929?s=19
Voted against Labour sick pay bill: https://twitter.com/DuncanSmithTD/status/1311424006952759296?s=19
Voted against Sinn Féin bill to ban rent increases: https://twitter.com/LynneCampbell5/status/1312066713924624385?s=19
Refused to address Seanad regarding Direct Provision hunger strike: https://twitter.com/NiallSF/status/1319421746492178433?s=19
Changed speaking order in Dáil in order to squeeze out smaller parties and independent groups: https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1288762245778997249?s=19
Refused to ratify the occupied territories bill: https://twitter.com/jacknolanlabour/status/1319437311734591488?s=19
Tried to make Leaving Cert go ahead during the pandemic: https://twitter.com/NewstalkFM/status/1256311759154999296?s=19
Barry Cowen: https://www.thejournal.ie/barry-cowen-interview-minister-for-agriculture-sacked-5153651-Jul2020/
Ignored public health advice during a pandemic: https://www.galwaydaily.com/news/covid-19/level-5-lockdown-recommended-by-nphet-for-entire-country/
Pandering to the far-right:
https://twitter.com/MallowNews/status/1293671762832633857?s=19
https://twitter.com/MallowNews/status/1293671762832633857?s=19
Killing seals with high-powered rifles: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40055645.html?type=amp&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&__twitter_impression=true
Social welfare checks at airports: https://www.thejournal.ie/legal-airport-checks-department-government-welfare-pup-5164473-Jul2020/
Super Junior Minister pay rise: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40021718.html
Fianna Fáil do a 360 and refuse to commit to Irish reunification: https://twitter.com/harrymcgee/status/1319584540235530246?s=19
Collapse of Covid-19 contact tracing: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40068542.html
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Errors in calculation of Leaving Cert results: https://twitter.com/ellnicheallaigh/status/1319611723343679491?s=19
Refused (and continues to refuse) to halt the influx of American tourists during the pandemic https://twitter.com/Antifa_VP/status/1292032328802471937?s=19
Continue to maintain the Direct Provision system: https://twitter.com/Antifa_VP/status/1272177506687254533?s=19
Not as if the last government was any better either... https://twitter.com/Antifa_VP/status/1210349878720770048?s=19
Or any before that... https://twitter.com/Antifa_VP/status/1218947557444816896?s=19
Refusing to pay student nurses: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/student-nurses-and-midwives-are-being-exploited-says-union-1.4383222
Refusing to close schools during pandemic: https://www.irishnews.com/news/educationnews/2020/10/23/news/almost-250-schools-have-had-multiple-coronavirus-cases-2107456/
Nursing home coronavirus clusters: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/six-further-outbreaks-of-covid-19-in-nursing-homes-and-community-hospitals-nphet-says-1.4388780
Reopened country too quickly after first lockdown: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/second-wave-a-real-danger-if-lockdown-lifted-too-early-t55r9lxnn
Fighting for the use of toxic lead ammunition at wetlands: https://twitter.com/BillyKelleherEU/status/1316667368207196160?s=19
Failure to create an Irish language policy in the education system
#ANOIS https://twitter.com/Gaeilge4All/status/1178555807115423745?s=19
#ANOIS https://twitter.com/Gaeilge4All/status/1178555807115423745?s=19
Gonna plug this... https://twitter.com/Antifa_VP/status/1321560976521629700?s=19
Defective hand sanitiser https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2020/1024/1173636-virapro-products-recall/
Importation of defective PPE: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/hse-in-negotiations-about-defective-ppe-delivered-from-china-to-ensure-it-doesnt-happen-again-39100646.html
MORE defective hand sanitiser: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/education/department-of-education-tells-schools-to-stop-using-further-52-sanitisation-products-39683436.html
Gonna link this thread by @LindaOkaythen with some things I may have missed: https://twitter.com/LindaOkaythen/status/1322499975700451329?s=19
Now available in TikTok form:
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Government vote to enable Leo Varadkar's corruption https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1326250341285892099?s=19
Ignoring NPHET advice again... https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1332087599222190082?s=19
“Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other
practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance”
The Irish Government abstained.
practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance”
The Irish Government abstained.
