Paul Hosford: The questions facing Sinn Féin in the Dáil today

The party is to face questions over the Michael McMonagle affair and the case of a member who has stepped down over texts sent to a 17-year-old

Mary Lou McDonald's party is set to answer questions on two of the four controversies surrounding it. File photo: Eamonn Farrell/© RollingNews.ie

As the controversies surrounding Sinn Féin rumble on, the Dáil will today take statements on child protection.

While the title of the 100-minute debate is bland, the session is the Government's way of making the party answer questions on two of the four controversies surrounding it — the Michael McMonagle affair and the case of a member who has stepped down over texts sent to a 17-year-old.