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Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry. The Taoiseach said the nominations of Deputies McGrath and Chambers to their new posts were about policies and not personalities. I agree, so I will focus on policy and not personality. First, it is extremely worrying that the discourse around Deputy McGrath's nomination to the European Commission is focused on the horse-trading going on in terms of...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: That is a disgusting lie.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Turning to the question of the finance portfolio, we will be voting, for policy and not for personal reasons, against the nomination of Deputy Chambers because we have had more than 100 years of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Ministers for Finance. We think they have had their chance and have not delivered, not even when this country has more revenue and is wealthier than it has ever been....

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: This is a big day for Teachtaí Michael McGrath and Chambers. They are elevated to high office as this Government is in its endgame, as Europe stands at a crossroads and as the world watches on at the relentless slaughter in Gaza. My first message to the Government and to its nominee to the European Commission is that nobody representing the Irish people can support Ursula von der Leyen...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy is backtracking.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Today, as one Minister moves on and another Minister moves in-----

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy is tracking back to the future.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----one thing is certain: everything will remain exactly the same. That is the present reality and that must change.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Micheál Martin: So the Deputy will not be visiting Davy stockbrokers anytime soon.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The choice that will face the people at the next election is stark. It is a choice for more of the same or for something new and something different.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Micheál Martin: That is not true.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The country has had enough of Fine Gael in power, enough of Fianna Fáil propping them up, enough of record homelessness, eye watering rents and runaway housing prices and enough of a Government which believes that €500,000 is the price of an affordable home. A general election is coming; it cannot come soon enough. When it does, Sinn Féin will make its case and the people...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

(Interruptions).

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Where are your €300,000 houses?

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Seán Canney: Excuse me. Members must show respect.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach. We have a great country-----

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: We want to keep it that way.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----and we can deliver so much better for people on things that matter-----

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

A Deputy: You have changed your mind pretty quick.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----on housing, on health, on the opportunities to build a good life here, where housing is affordable, where healthcare is accessible, where the State has your back and supports you when you need them. That is what we need. That is what Sinn Féin offers: a Government that is on the side of workers and families, opening the corridors of power to the voices of ordinary people, new...