Dáil chamber; Fianna Fáil leader Mícheál Martin; Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in the Dáil on Wednesday
Further to the spat between Fianna Fáil leader Mícheál Martin and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in the Dáil on Wednesday…
Virgin Media News political correspondent Gavan Reilly has tweeted that, as of Tuesday lunchtime, former Fine Gael TD Dara Murphy voted 51 times in 2019; Mr Martin voted 49 times; and Mr Varadkar voted 36 times.
Asked how many votes is the possible maximum, Mr Reilly tweeted:
“Great question. Answer: 377 up to last Tuesday night. So Murphy: 13.5% of votes Martin: 13.0% Varadkar: 9.5%“
Via Gavan Reilly
Previously: Oh No, I’m Not. Oh Yes, You Are
UPDATE:
🚨 NEW: Leo Varadkar has this evening moved closer to an early election in 2020, saying there is “no point in coming up to an agreement with Fianna Fáil only to find that there is a breakdown within FF and they can’t honour their side of it…”
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) December 20, 2019
Taoiseach says extending the current Dáil until a proposed end date in May would require the stated support of 3 independent TDs outside Govt, but won’t pursue them without an FF deal which includes an explicit guarantee of voting intention from all FF TDs [which Martin can’t do]
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) December 20, 2019
Hopefully no more Confidence and Supply rubbish.