New politics? No, it’s just slower politics

Struggling even to agree its own weekly schedule, this ‘do-nothing’ Dáil has passed just 23 pieces of legislation, says Elaine Loughlin

WHY should we expect the Government to pass legislation when the Dáil can’t even agree on what it wants to talk about on a weekly basis?

In this “do-nothing Dáil”, deciding on a schedule of what will be discussed and debated has slowly evolved into a weekly farce.