Sinn F\u00e9in TD for Dublin South West Se\u00e1n Crowe has said that Sinn F\u00e9in has tabled a D\u00e1il motion of no-confidence in the T\u00e1naiste and Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar because the current rotating Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin has decided to sit on his hands and take no action against the T\u00e1naiste; despite him leaking a confidential government document to a personal friend.<\/p>\n
Teachta Se\u00e1n Crowe said:<\/p>\n
\u201cSinn F\u00e9in is tabling a motion of no-confidence in the T\u00e1naiste and Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar, which will be debated during our private members’ time in the D\u00e1il on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeo Varadkar – while he was Taoiseach – disclosed confidential government information to his personal friend. He can offer no credible reason for his actions and the truth is that there is no acceptable reason for what happened. This was not incompetence or a mistake – this was a conscious decision by Leo Varadkar to give his pal insider information.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe current rotating Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin (Leo Varadkar being next) has decided to take no action. The Opposition cannot sit idly by, so we have acted. This is the right thing to do and it is the necessary thing to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t take this decision lightly. This government has only been in office for just four months and over that time we had the basis of taking many motions of no-confidence due to gross incompetence and bad decision making.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have had a Minister who made the decision to drive while intoxicated on a provisional driving licence; another Minister who thought it was acceptable for him to go on a golfing weekend while the rest of the country were locked down at home, unable to see friends and family; a scandal in our schools where children and their teachers were given sanitising products that were harmful to their health; a shocking attempt to seal the records of the Mother and Baby Homes so that victims and survivors might never know the truth so that those who ruled over that oppressive system would be spared; and Ministers who dozed off in the D\u00e1il before voting against the rights of workers to access fair redundancy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe choose not to do so because of the challenges facing the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, this is latest scandal has made the matter untenable. This is more of the old Fine Gael behaviour where it is about who you know and insider pals getting access to the corridors of power. It comes after Michael D\u2019Arcy has moved on from his role as Minister of State to the world of high finance in the same way Brian Hayes moved from politics to the banking sector; where he is now their chief lobbyist.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of this further undermines the public\u2019s confidence in politics and is totally unacceptable to us. Its another snapshot on how the elites look after their own.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe election in February was about change, about new politics and that is what we intend to deliver.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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