The FF, FG, Green government is now just over 100 days old.
Here are some of the chaos that has ensued.
29th of June citizens dealt a blow as Daragh O Brien is appointed as housing minister his record on housing thus far.
🚨2016 opposed rent certainty
🚨2016 opposed Focus Ireland amendment
🚨2017 opposed Right to Housing
🚨2018 facilitated failed ‘Housing Budget’
🚨2019 facilitated ‘confidence’ in E Murphy
6th of July they were considering extending breast screening from two to three years putting women’s lives at risk
7th of July Éamonn Ryan says “our priority are travel agents not people who booked holidays.
8th of July, Longford-Westmeath TD Joe Flaherty apologised for giving a character reference to three brothers as “extremely capable, very sharp and more than familiar with hard work” in a letter submitted during a trial for violent disorder. There homes were raided by CAB and assets seized.
14th July Minister for Agriculture sacked for drink driving on a provisional licence and attempting to avoid a Garda checkpoint.
15th of July The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC) prepare the ground to lower expectations on retirement age by announcing we will have to work till 69.
17th of July Éamonn Ryan sleeps through Daíl debate on workers rights.
18th July Minister for education Norma Foley says “Your child’s leaving certs grades will depend on their “socio economic status”
19th July Cancer campaigner Ruth Morrissey(39) has lost her battle and sadly died as a result of the misreading of her cervical smear test.
23rd July €21million of taxpayers money paid to the private operator of the Limerick Tunnel because traffic levels didn’t reach those expected.
30th July Dáil takes 6 weeks holidays and TDs get a 2% pay rise.
30th July it emerges that 9 homeless people have died on the streets of Dublin over the last 14 days.
31st July construction unions begin national ballot for strike action yo defend their sectoral employment order.
August 5th
Government support Employers at the expense of workers as Minister Heather Humphreys secured Government approval to extend the suspension of redundancy provisions until September 17th.
August 7th atrocious conditions in Meat factories and direct provision centres are exposed after multiple outbreaks of Covid-19.
August 10th after months of sitting on the fence the wearing of masks is made compulsory in shops.
After huge pressure from unions weekly Covid-19 tests to be carried out at meat plants.
August 12th
48 Senators awarded €240,000 in attendance & subsistence payments for April & May, despite the Seanad being closed at that time on top of their €68,000 salary.
August 15th Fianna Fáil TD Darragh O’Brien & Fine Gael TD Alan Farrell were quick to take to social media blaming a fire in a migrant family’s home in Balbriggan on recent antisocial and criminal behaviour in the town. This was a lie started by far-right elements. They later took it down.
August 19th INMO ballots 1000 nurses for industrial action at University Hospital Limerick after management’s “refusal” to attend talks at the Workplace Relations Commision.
August 20th #golfgate
August 21st minister for agriculture Dara Calleary resigns over attending Golfgate
He is still a TD & paid €96,189 a year plus expenses & pensions entitlements.
Jerry Buttimer resigned as Leas Cathaoirleach of the Seanad. He is still a senator paid €68,111 a year plus expenses & pensions entitlements.
August 27th EU Commissioner is forced to resigns over Golfgate and multiple breaches of Covid-19 regulations. He retires on a pension of €107,000 a year and an EU Golden handshake of €441,000.
August 28th it emerges that ROBERT RYAN , is the BROTHER of Green Party leader Eamon Ryan. Robert is a director and CO-OWNER of Medmark the occupational health company first contracted by the Dept of Education to carry out medical assessments at a cost to the taxpayer of€1million a year the last time the Greens were in government in 2008.
August 30th While everyone was watching #golfgate. The €3 Billion National Broadband Plan contract was published. Denis O’Brien’s Actavo & American businessman David McCourt’s National Broadband Ireland, are the main contractors. The original estimate was €500m.
August 31st schools reopen amid huge concerns around the health & safety of teachers pupils and staff. 53 schools have closed in the North & Scotland due to covid-19 outbreaks just one week after reopening.
August 31st Thiago Cortes a young Deliveroo worker was killed following a hit and run on while delivering pizzas on a bicycle.
September 2nd Meat Barons refuse to engage with unions in the sector on a deal for sick pay terms for workers.
September 4th Brown Thomas & Arnott’s agree to pay 5 Weeks per years service + bonus for staff with 21 years service in redundancy agreement with Union
Meanwhile Debenhams workers are 150 days in dispute after Debenhams renege on agreement to pay staff 4 weeks redundancy pay & lay staff off via email. This is not illegal.
September 8th Debenhams workers Occupy stores in Cork & Dublin to force government intervention.
September 12th Government hire Teneo a PR firm to avoid confusion around Covid messaging and to help with the launch of next week’s medium-term Covid plan.The founder chairman and CEO of Teneo is Declan Kelly brother of Labour TD Alan Kelly.
September 19th ASTI to ballot members who have serious concerns about the health and safety of school communities.
September 19th leaving cert results in chaos.
September 20th On Sunday August 30th the day before schools opened there were 40 cases of Covid-19Three weeks later On Sunday 20th of September there were 396 cases
September 21st Dublin goes back to stage 3 lockdown.
September 22nd Ten new advisers appointed this time for junior ministers.
At a cost to the taxpayer €67,659 – €78,816 each.
September 24th Breege O Donoghue a former board member of Failté Ireland who resigned after a trip to Spain has been reinstated to the role of chair of the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland after writing to the Tánaiste Leo Varadkar.
September 25th it emerges Eamonn Ryan has 9 special advisors who are entitled to principal officer salaries of between €87,325 and €101,114.
September 26th The Government’s has appointed a total of 64 special advisors at a cost to the taxpayer of €15m. There is no criteria or interview process, most are party members, or journalists all are in the Golden Circle.
September 29th Bus Éireann announce they are to end expressway routes between Dublin &, Galway, Limerick, Belfast & Cork
The government are using the pandemic as a means to privatise public services.
October 1st Senior ministers warn there will be no €5 increase for pensioners in the budget
October 3rd supreme Court judge Seamus Woulfe is exonerated by ex supreme Court judge Denham for attending golf gate.
October 5th The whole Country is on the verge of returning to level 5 lockdown
100 days of abject failure.
