Seanad
‹ Order of Business Chairman designate controversy
Summary
Senator Bacik criticises the withdrawal of a chairman designate, blaming opposition parties’ response to political pressure; the Chair rules the issue out of order before moving to Members whose contributions were deferred.
The Leas-Chathaoirleach is correct and I apologise. However, where somebody of the stature of the chairman designate is forced to step down because Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have caved into the bully-boy tactics of Deputy Paul Murphy and the AAA-PBP-----
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What about Mr. Gilmore and his bully-boy tactics?
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-----that smacks of crude populism.
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I doubt whether anyone will be willing to take on this poisoned chalice.