Simon Harris Confidence Vote

[Statsman]

In response to Aontú's statement yesterday that they were going to table a motion of no confidence in Tánaiste Simon Harris next week, the government have tabled a confidence motion in Harris for this afternoon.

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/1 ... -politics/

So, we'll go through the motions, everyone will say what we expect them to say, and that'll be that.

Peadar Tóibín's statement focused on Harris' failure to deliver on promises he made as Minister for Health some years back. While he's not wrong, and Harris is a poor politician, it seems to me that if we want to declare no confidence in failed Health Ministers, we'd need to dig up every one of them since the foundation of the state. The failure is more systemic than individual; we seem constitutionally incapable of running a public health service.

[midlander12]

In response to Aontú's statement yesterday that they were going to table a motion of no confidence in Tánaiste Simon Harris next week, the government have tabled a confidence motion in Harris for this afternoon.

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/1 ... -politics/

So, we'll go through the motions, everyone will say what we expect them to say, and that'll be that.

Peadar Tóibín's statement focused on

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