Varadkar urges FG members to 'muzzle' the opposition

Tánaiste urges TDs and senators to use up speaking time in both houses of the Oireachtas to deny time to other parties

Leo Varadkar told colleagues that 'using our time does make a difference' and that 'even if it doesn't make the news, it takes time off of other parties.' Picture: Damien Storan

Fine Gael TDs and senators have been called on to ‘muzzle’ the opposition in the Dáil by their leader Leo Varadkar.

At a private meeting of the Fine Gael parliamentary party, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar demanded that his Fine Gael TDs and senators should deny space in the Dáil and Seanad chambers by using up speaking time and “not giving it away”.