Kenny doesn’t promote women on merit

Enda Kenny has said that if he is re-elected to office, his next Cabinet will be comprised of “50/50 of men and women - on merit”.

This is an absolutely laughable statement on Mr. Kenny’s part and you only have to look at his record of promoting women to see this.

In 2012 he hung former junior minister, Roisín Shortall out to dry in her dispute with the then Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly and replaced her with a male TD, Alex White. In 2013 he sacked Lucinda Creighton as Minister for Europe and replaced her with a male TD, Paschal Donohoe.