Government stays silent over Green’s rotation policy

THE Government has clammed up after fresh reports of an increasingly farcical situation developing around the Green Party’s ministerial rotation policy.

Yesterday evening, TV3 reported that Environment Minister John Gormley had confirmed to the party’s national executive committee of the existence of a Cabinet rotation pact between him and backbench TD, Ciarán Cuffe.

The report said the parliamentary party deal had previously been kept secret from the committee.