Tensions are rising within the Irish coalition government as Independent TDs who agreed to support the government are now seeking opposition speaking time. This move has sparked accusations of hypocrisy and instability, with opposition members criticizing the TDs for wanting to 'have their cake and eat it'.
Cracks have started to emerge in the coalition as Independent TDs who agreed to support the government have sought opposition speaking time. One TD accused the groups of “having their cake and eating it” as half of their members will be using government speaking time, while the other half are seeking to use the opposition’s time.
Several sources at Thursday’s meeting of the Dáil Business Committee told the Irish Mirror that Mr Lowry told the gathering that the four jobless independents would be seeking to remain in a technical group without the ministers to continue to have speaking rights. "But they were on the plinth saying they’d support them on good days and bad. It is totally unacceptable. It’s 100% having your cake and eating it.
One person said: “Micheál Martin and Simon Harris will want this clarified and want this clear. It creates a little bit of instability and insecurity for them if they're half government and half opposition and they can’t make their minds up.” Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy is understood to have told the meeting that the matter would be assessed again after the government is formed.
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