Acknowledging the Government\u2019s decision, following calls from the Social Democrats and other opposition parties, to recall the D\u00e1il early, Catherine Murphy TD, co-leader of the Social Democrats calls their decision inadequate and calls for the D\u00e1il to come back this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s too much at stake for the Government to be waiting around. Public confidence in the capacity of the Government to lead us through these next critical stages of the Covid-19 pandemic is totally shook. At a time when we badly need solid, clear and cogent leadership and communication, we\u2019ve all been badly let down.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been a tumultuous week for Irish people and for politics. The Government have to restore confidence, renew public trust and clear up confusion. Waiting for another week won\u2019t work. The D\u00e1il should be back this week both to hold the government to account and to build a collective effort to develop a coherent strategy to get the country through this critical stage of the pandemic.<\/p>\n
\u201cSchools will start opening this week; students are very anxiously awaiting exam results; businesses in lockdown in Kildare are in crisis; other businesses are trying to rebuild. Getting through these complex issues needs good leadership, significant resources and information, transparency and honesty around decisions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe D\u00e1il is the place where this needs to happen and it should be recalled immediately.<\/p>\n
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\n23rd August 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Acknowledging the Government\u2019s decision, following calls from the Social Democrats and other opposition parties, to recall the D\u00e1il early, Catherine Murphy TD, co-leader of the Social Democrats calls their decision inadequate and calls for the D\u00e1il to come back this week. \u201cThere\u2019s too much at stake for the Government to be waiting around. Public confidence […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-catherine-murphy","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n