Dopes in the Dáil.

Czarcasm · 11-07-2013 03:28PM #1

Just when you thought Irish politicians couldn't make the Irish nation look worse on the world stage than this clown -

Labour TD "mistakenly" votes against government on abortion

because that wasn't bad enough, on the same night, Tom Barry TD had to go and try outdo his colleagues stupidity -

TD Barry apologise for pulling Collins onto lap

Now whatever might be said about the likes of idiots like Mick Wallace and Luke Flanagan, these latest incidents just show us that you can dress them up, but you still can't take them out.

Is it time to swap the government cars for clown cars? Is this the sort of behaviour Irish people need representing their interests?

Menas · 11-07-2013 03:29PM

After a 20 hour shift I am surprised we did not see worse.

uch · 11-07-2013 03:31PM

Ah sure leave them to it

Mardy Bum · 11-07-2013 03:31PM

McNamara seems to have had his mind changed and the incident described as a "mistake" rather than it actually being a mistake.

During the second stage debate on the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill, Mr McNamara suggested it was hypocritical of the Government not to make the case for provision for fatal foetal abnormalities when it had argued in the European Court of Human Rights that in the case taken by Ms D on this issue, she had not exhausted all the remedies in the domestic courts and could have got relief from the Irish courts had she done so.
Mr McNamara said the State was now saying it could not legislate for this, when he said a legal argument to be made for it.

Frank Black · 11-07-2013 03:32PM

Czarcasm wrote: »

Is it time to swap the government cars for clown cars?

Yes

Czarcasm wrote: »

Is this the sort of behaviour Irish people need representing their interests?

No

Staff Infection · 11-07-2013 03:34PM

Cue the extreme opposite opinions of "Enda is sleep depriving the Td's so they'll vote the way he wants" or "féck them, they should work 24 hours plus with the money we pay them"

humanji · 11-07-2013 03:42PM

The best part was Rabbitte saying he "did not see anyone who showed any sign of drinking to excess."

So... they were still drinking on the job, then?

RikkFlair · 11-07-2013 03:44PM

Lapgate?

If the gates outside Dail Eireann fell on Enda Kenny would they call it gategate?

kylith · 11-07-2013 03:48PM

humanji wrote: »

The best part was Rabbitte saying he "did not see anyone who showed any sign of drinking to excess."

So... they were still drinking on the job, then?

Please tell me we're not the only country that lets TDs booze when they're supposed to be making decisions that will affect laws and legislature. We'd be the laughing stock of Europe, if we weren't already.

Riddle101 · 11-07-2013 03:49PM

Tánaiste and party leader Eamon Gilmore was not in the Dáil for the vote as he is abroad on Government business.

:rolleyes:

As for the part about Tom Barry.As I said on Journal.ie today. If this happened in any other workplace, Barry would be done for sexual harassment. The fact that the Daíl just brushed it off as "silly" is appalling.

P_1 · 11-07-2013 03:50PM

humanji wrote: »

The best part was Rabbitte saying he "did not see anyone who showed any sign of drinking to excess."

So... they were still drinking on the job, then?

They did seem a good bit more sober than they did during the last late debate/vote I guess.

I wonder of they were all sneaking off for powernaps during some of the speeches though :pac:

vitani · 11-07-2013 03:51PM

Those old Punch cartoons about the Irish Parliament weren't far off.

Staff Infection · 11-07-2013 03:53PM

P_1 wrote: »

They did seem a good bit more sober than they did during the last late debate/vote I guess.

I wonder of they were all sneaking off for powernaps during some of the speeches though :pac:

Well if some of the them were more concerned with stepping out and having a quick word with Vincent Browne instead of listening to the debates then it's highly likely others went for a snooze

Canyon86 · 11-07-2013 03:55PM

Czarcasm wrote: »

Just when you thought Irish politicians couldn't make the Irish nation look worse on the world stage than this clown -

Labour TD "mistakenly" votes against government on abortion

because that wasn't bad enough, on the same night, Tom Barry TD had to go and try outdo his colleagues stupidity -

TD Barry apologise for pulling Collins onto lap

Now whatever might be said about the likes of idiots like Mick Wallace and Luke Flanagan, these latest incidents just show us that you can dress them up, but you still can't take them out.

Is it time to swap the government cars for clown cars? Is this the sort of behaviour Irish people need representing their interests?

Yet again OP we are the laughing stock of Europe,

RustyNut · 11-07-2013 03:56PM

Trigger Happy wrote: »

After a 20 hour shift I am surprised we did not see worse.

Tom Barry was trying for the shift anyway.

Wonder did he get it afterward.

Guill · 11-07-2013 03:56PM

Baboons. A room full of baboons.

Menas · 11-07-2013 03:56PM

Riddle101 wrote: »

:rolleyes:

As for the part about Tom Barry.As I said on Journal.ie today. If this happened in any other workplace, Barry would be done for sexual harassment. The fact that the Daíl just brushed it off as "silly" is appalling.

Nonsense. The two TDs are good friends from Cork and Aine Collins is no shrinking violet. Meaning if it was sexual harassment she would be the first to call it that.
The only issue here is that it happened in the chamber, that is unprofessional.

Amirani · 11-07-2013 03:57PM

Riddle101 wrote: »

:rolleyes:

I don't see why you'd roll your eyes at the Minister for Foreign Affairs being out of the country. Government departments don't shut down just because there's a controversial piece of legislation being passed through the Dáil.

RikkFlair · 11-07-2013 04:01PM

Guill wrote: »

Baboons. A room full of baboons.

I'd like to see this happen, on a trial basis.

SEPT 23 1989 · 11-07-2013 04:02PM

We dont have parliamentarians in this country we have parish pump gombeens

fatmammycat · 11-07-2013 04:04PM

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Nonsense. The two TDs are good friends from Cork and Aine Collins is no shrinking violet. Meaning if it was sexual harassment she would be the first to call it that.
The only issue here is that it happened in the chamber, that is unprofessional.

Really? Do you think he'd pull one of his male friends/co workers onto his lap like that?

Menas · 11-07-2013 04:06PM

fatmammycat wrote: »

Really? Do you think he'd pull one of his male friends/co workers onto his lap like that?

As I said, it is unprofessional. I have no idea if he would do that to a male colleague -that is irrelevant.

Frank Lee Midere · 11-07-2013 04:07PM

Churchill was always 3 sheets to the wind when public speaking.

kylith · 11-07-2013 04:09PM

RikkFlair wrote: »

I'd like to see this happen, on a trial basis.

Couldn't be any worse. And at least we'd be able to pay the Dail the peanuts they deserve.

bumper234 · 11-07-2013 04:11PM

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

Churchill was always 3 sheets to the wind when public speaking.

Middle of a world war and the city he was living in was under constant aerial bombardment, Do you blame him?

humanji · 11-07-2013 04:12PM

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

Churchill was always 3 sheets to the wind when public speaking.

But he had the advantage of not being incompetent.

SolarFlash · 11-07-2013 04:17PM

it was staged to diffuse abortion tension.

hatrickpatrick · 11-07-2013 04:19PM

My God in heaven, have we really got no bigger problems in this country than a few TDs having a laugh

DoesNotCompute · 11-07-2013 04:20PM

Czarcasm wrote: »

Just when you thought Irish politicians couldn't make the Irish nation look worse on the world stage than this clown -

Labour TD "mistakenly" votes against government on abortion

because that wasn't bad enough, on the same night, Tom Barry TD had to go and try outdo his colleagues stupidity -

TD Barry apologise for pulling Collins onto lap

Now whatever might be said about the likes of idiots like Mick Wallace and Luke Flanagan, these latest incidents just show us that you can dress them up, but you still can't take them out.

Is it time to swap the government cars for clown cars? Is this the sort of behaviour Irish people need representing their interests?

Meh, this is nothing. At least they don't go around bating the head off each other, or threatening their opponents with guns in the middle of televised debates, like these boys:

http://parliamentfights.wordpress.com/

vitani · 11-07-2013 04:23PM

DoesNotCompute wrote: »

Meh, this is nothing. At least they don't go around bating the head off each other, or threatening their opponents with guns in the middle of televised debates, like these boys:

http://parliamentfights.wordpress.com/

This is why women should rule the world...

:pac:

Lapin · 11-07-2013 04:23PM

Those models on the Tour de France podiums are fúcking hot.

Sorry - What are we meant to be discussing here?

I got distracted.

Dopes in the Dáil.

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