‘A do-nothing Government?’ Lowest number of laws enacted in a first year this century

‘A do-nothing Government?’ Lowest number of laws enacted in a first year this century

Coalition figures insist that while it has not been a productive year for legislation, it is not as bad as Opposition makes out

Mary Lou McDonald criticises the first year of ‘do nothing government’.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald used her final Leaders’ Question slot of the year to hit out at the performance of the Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael/Regional Independents government. “Failure, scandal, and broken promises” were the words used by McDonald to sum up the first year since the general election. In response, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he believes McDonald takes ‘the soundbite approach’ as opposed to ‘the issues of real substance’. Credi…