It’s hard to see how super juniors bringing “their own memos” to cabinet meetings for decision by Government can be lawful
It’s hard to see how super juniors bringing ‘their own memos’ to Cabinet meetings for decision by Government can be lawful
The language is interesting here. “Hamstrung” rather than “bound”. And “get around”? What is being sidestepped? It is, as Varadkar explicitly acknowledges, Bunreacht na hÉireann, the basic law of the State. The invention of the super junior minister is, quite openly, a device to evade the rule of law.
Aside from the flagrant evasion of the constitutional limit on the number of Cabinet members, there are two huge problems here. The first is this business of super juniors bringing “their own memos” to Cabinet meetings for decision by Government. It is very hard to see how this can be lawful. Secondly, there is a barefaced breach of the constitutional requirement for Government discussions to be confidential. The code of conduct is again emphatic: “Article 28.4.3° of the Constitution requires the maintenance of strict confidentiality regarding discussions at meetings of the Government except where the
This rule is breached on a weekly basis but it raises particular questions in relation to Canney and Grealish. Presumably, their colleagues in the Regional Independents expect to be briefed on what’s coming up at the next Cabinet meeting. It will be interesting to see how they react when they are told, as they surely will be, “I couldn’t possibly comment”..
Sean-Canney Hildegarde-Naughton Micheal-Martin Rossa-Fanning Attorney-General Dail-Eireann Michael-D-Higgins Noel-Grealish Leo-Varadkar
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