Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald claims she is being prevented from speaking during Wednesday's Taoiseach nomination due to Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, accusing them of silencing the opposition. The controversy stems from a disagreement over speaking time for TDs who participated in government negotiations but did not secure ministerial positions. Other opposition parties are also demanding these TDs be barred from using opposition speaking time.
The speaking time row in the Dáil has escalated as Mary Lou McDonald claims she is being “silenced” by Micheál Martin and Simon Harris.
At the Dáil Business Committee on Tuesday TDs were told that any party that was not nominating a Taoiseach would receive a speaking slot for their leader to respond to nominations. As Sinn Féin plans to nominate Ms McDonald, she will not have an opportunity to speak on Wednesday morning. She continued: “They need to know I won’t be silenced and we won’t be silenced. We are not going to stand for this latest stroke from a government that is showing its true colours even before it comes to office.”
In a joint letter to Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy from Sinn Féin, Labour, the Social Democrats and other smaller parties and independents, the group used comments from Mr Heneghan during an Ireland AM interview stating that he had a ‘voice in Government’ and ‘influence over Government policy’ to argue against the proposal.
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