It’s time to assess the do-nothing Dáilers

The 32nd Dáil has descended into a laughable farce and with the politicians now off on their Christmas holidays, Political Editor Daniel McConnell says it’s time to assess ministers’ performance since taking office.

At the end of the second term of the so-called ‘New Politics’, a number of things have become clear.

The Government and the 32nd Dáil are not working — and, in truth, the whole edifice is a laughable farce.