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Let's have a little look at some of the scandals we have had over the last 5 months. Just to refresh our memories as to how much failure we have put up with in 138 short days
First up, Barry Cowen, Minister for Agriculture is found to have been caught drink driving. He was in his post 17 days when this was discovered. https://www.thejournal.ie/barry-cowen-taoiseach-gardai-drink-driving-5141386-Jul2020/
Then 65 days later we had #Golfgate which resulted in a 2 week stand off to make Phil Hogan resign as EU Commissioner, and we still haven't had any answers as to who was on Brian Hayes table, or what is happing with Supreme court Judge Seamus Woulfe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oireachtas_Golf_Society_scandal?wprov=sfla1
After GolfGate we had #LeoTheLeak where apparently Tanaiste Leo Varadkar was leaking NPHET recommendations without the knowledge of the Taoiseach or Minister for Health. https://www.thejournal.ie/stephen-donnelly-tony-holohan-level-5-5227180-Oct2020/
Oh speaking of Stephen Donnelly, we had 2000 people asked to do their own contact tracing, as they redeployed all the civil servants who had been put on track and trace back to their own roles. Also he didn't know this happened apparently https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/hse-apologises-to-2-000-people-asked-to-do-their-own-contact-tracing-1.4393281
We'd the rushing through of controversial legislation that was going to seal the archives of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby homes for 30 years, causing massive trauma to thousands of survivors and adoptees. Thank goodness for the Data Protection Commissioner
But we still don't know which Attorney General Minister O'Gorman was citing when he said that he had taken the AG's advice about the legality of sealing the files. Was it SĂ©amus Woulfe or was it Paul Gallagher? https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40072403.html
Speaking of SĂ©amus Woulfe. He's refused to meet his boss and give an account as to why a supreme court Judge was at a golf dinner with a load of politicians and a top banker. He's sick, the poor love. We should find out where to send him flowers.
Oh back to Minster Donnelly again, cos he really is the most inept of them all. He lied to the faces of the women who are dying of cervical cancer. The women who were so utterly failed by corner cutting and cover up
He told them the tribunal into the cervical check scandal was on hold, as they were not happy with the structure of it. Then he went and set it up anyway. Disgusting.
And now this, allegations that when he was Taoiseach, that TĂĄnaiste Leo Varadkar gave confidential contract information from the government and the IMO to another GP union. https://villagemagazineireland2020.medium.com/leo-varadkar-lawbreaker-t%C3%A1naiste-leaked-confidential-document-to-friend-efdd1f14cfcb
We also have 2 dead women, three dead children and five dead homeless people in the last week because this Government has no interest in mental health, or protecting women or vulnerable people. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/homeless-deaths-in-last-seven-days-rises-to-five-after-mans-body-found-39687473.html
I'm sure I've missed some so feel free to hit me up and I'll add it
I forgot Norma and the Leaving Cert scandal. 6500 with the wrong grades because they dept contracted a company that can't even do code testing right https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/live-leaving-cert-updates-thousands-22768368
And don't forget that we put thousands of bottles of ineffective faulty hand sanitizer in schools
Some of the product contains methanol rather than ethanol. Prolonged use of such sanitiser may cause dermatitis, eye irritation, upper respiratory system irritation and headaches
Some of the product contains methanol rather than ethanol. Prolonged use of such sanitiser may cause dermatitis, eye irritation, upper respiratory system irritation and headaches
They're literally asleep at the wheel
MEAT PLANTS. They locked down 3 counties instead of addressing poor working conditions and lack of sick pay in meat plants, or closing them at all. https://www.thejournal.ie/meat-plant-workers-sick-pay-5193677-Sep2020/
Let's not forget that they had SW inspectors at the airport checking if people with PUP payment were travelling, and also sending SW inspectors into single mothers homes to check if there were male clothes there https://www.thejournal.ie/legal-airport-checks-department-government-welfare-pup-5164473-Jul2020/
Here's a great thread on how the government have consistently voted against bills to help poor people, renters, oppressed and marginalised people thanks to @Antifa_VP https://twitter.com/Antifa_VP/status/1319414664514646019?s=19
Oh and they gave junior ministers in their role a month a âŹ16k payrise and took on an additional load of advisors on an average rate of âŹ65k per annum https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40016303.html
And we've a Minister for Gaeltacht that can't speak Irish
And a bit of a personal one, a Minister for Justice that won't bĂĄn certain lines of questioning about past sexual experience for rape victims in court. https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40071998.html
Too important to forget. They're losing migrants passports and paperwork in the INIS
DOJ losing very important things too https://twitter.com/Revolution_IRL/status/1322515235413123072?s=19
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40023395.html?type=amp&__twitter_impression=true
They turned off the water in a direct provision centre that was ravaged with Covid. They also are still issuing deportation orders for people working as carers.
They turned off the water in a direct provision centre that was ravaged with Covid. They also are still issuing deportation orders for people working as carers.
Oh yes, college students being pushed to move into their rented accommodation only to have their colleges be effectively cancelled right at the last minute. SUSI paying out a month late and then cutting grant payments the day before they were paid. Well done @SimonHarrisTD
In August they announced they were opening a new Direct Provision centre specifically for victims of sex trafficking, despite the fact that they committed to ending Direct Provision in the next 4 years. They said they're giving the contract to Ruhama and De Paul. Cont....
Ruhama has 3 Sisters of the Good Shepherd nuns on its board, you know, Sisters of the Good Shepherd that used to run Magdalene Laundries https://www.thejournal.ie/accomodation-to-be-set-up-for-victims-of-sexual-exploitation-living-in-direct-provision-5171918-Aug2020/
http://www.universitytimes.ie/2016/04/the-churchs-lingering-shadows-on-sex-work-in-ireland/
Sign here to stop it
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/stop-ruhama-from-getting-responsibility-over-direct-provision-for-sex-trafficking-survivors?bucket&source=twitter-share-button&utm_campaign&utm_medium=myuplift&utm_source=twitter&share=ac225565-6d2e-4c98-bf75-53cc6c944470
http://www.universitytimes.ie/2016/04/the-churchs-lingering-shadows-on-sex-work-in-ireland/
Sign here to stop it
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/stop-ruhama-from-getting-responsibility-over-direct-provision-for-sex-trafficking-survivors?bucket&source=twitter-share-button&utm_campaign&utm_medium=myuplift&utm_source=twitter&share=ac225565-6d2e-4c98-bf75-53cc6c944470
To expand on the #LeoTheLeak stuff, TĂĄnaiste Leo Varadkar, who was Taoiseach at the time defended his giving of a confidential trade agreement with another union to NAGP by saying the terms were already reported, but it turns out NAGP had threatened to lobby to vote against FG..
And were in very serious financial and compliance trouble at the time and they absolutely needed to know what was in that document in order to stay afloat. His argument of the greater good really wore thin quickly https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40075016.html
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/nagp-lost-200-members-and-recorded-114-000-deficit-1.3875509 #LeoGate
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/nagp-lost-200-members-and-recorded-114-000-deficit-1.3875509 #LeoGate
Oh and two years after we #RepealedThe8th we still have people travelling to the UK for abortions because our legislation is not up to scratch https://www.abortionrightscampaign.ie/2020/09/25/care-at-home-after-failed-abortion/
So, @rodericogorman was busy saying that the AG said this and the AG said that in relation to the sealing of the Archive on the M&B homes, but it turns out that he didn't go speak to the AG himself until AFTER the bill was passed and challenged
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/roderic-o-gorman-s-first-direct-contact-with-ag-was-in-october-1.4399352?mode=amp
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/roderic-o-gorman-s-first-direct-contact-with-ag-was-in-october-1.4399352?mode=amp
Ex #Debenhams workers battling 210 days for a fair redundancy. @MichealMartinTD said we were treated âshabbilyâ by Debenhams but heâs not doing a thing to help. @LeoVaradkar did nothing either, in fact all government parties voted against a bill to help the Debenhams workers
Ohhhhhh and the âŹ2m printer that was too big for the DĂĄil from last November still hasn't printed a single sheet of paper. https://extra.ie/2020/10/28/news/irish-news/e2m-dail-printer
On the 22nd July the MOJ @HMcEntee introduced a bill that would allow Vulture Funds evict people without having the original paperwork, mortgage and lease agreements. This was enacted into law on 6th August, so pretty breakneck speed on that law https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bill/2020/18/
Back in August when parents were worried about sending kids back to school, when some had to give up work rather than maybe their kids giving their childminding parents Covid, Stephen Donnelly compared a deadly virus to jumping on a trampoline riskwise 
https://www.independent.ie/videos/health-minister-compares-coronavirus-risks-to-trampolines-playing-sport-and-driving-39464662.html
https://www.independent.ie/videos/health-minister-compares-coronavirus-risks-to-trampolines-playing-sport-and-driving-39464662.html
Back to Supreme Court Judge Seamus Woulfe. The Chief Justice of the country has recommended that he resign due to his attendance of the #Golfgate dinner and all subsequent actions by him.....he has declined to do so.
On a series of letters it can be seen the clear accountability the Chief Justice was trying to impose, but Seamus Woulfe still refuses to comply. https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/read-in-full-the-extraordinary-exchange-of-golfgate-letters-between-the-chief-justice-and-seamus-woulfe-39727403.html
Today the government tried to appoint Geraldine Feeney to the Standards of Public Office which is an agency that makes sure elected officials conduct themselves and their business correctly. She used to be a lobbyist for NAGP, you know NAGP that @LeoVaradkar leaked documents to
And it turns out that Ministers were not told that there were other candidates for the supreme court role, other than their old pal, ex AG SĂ©amus Woulfe, who had never sat a day as a judge in his life....and still hasn't! https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/cabinet-not-told-serving-judges-applied-for-supreme-court-post-filled-by-s%C3%A9amus-woulfe-1.4407946?mode=amp
And they all tried to pretend like everything was fine https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1328420205693906947?s=19
And then the Minister for Justice hid behind the constitution, instead of having any fortitude to start impeachment proceedings against Seamus Woulfe https://twitter.com/fionnansheahan/status/1329859612452003840?s=19
Thousands of people were affected by intimate images of them being stored in Mega Files online and shared without their consent. Legislation to make this a crime was found to have been gathering dust in the Oireachtas since 2017 https://twitter.com/drivetimerte/status/1329478114175557633?s=19
When questioned about it in the DĂĄil on Thursday @HMcEntee committed to enacting this 4 year old bill within a year. After much public outcry she has now said it will be enacted with amendments within a month https://www.thejournal.ie/helen-mcentee-image-based-abuse-5273140-Nov2020/
Reminder, when I started this thread we were 138 days into this government. We're now only 159 days in!!
