'I don't do government business by text' – Taoiseach quizzed over Coveney text row | JOE.ie

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In an occasionally heated conversation with Bryan Dobson, Taoiseach Micheál Martin moved to play down the situation

Earlier, Martin stood firm in the face of suggestions that the Taoiseach appears to condone a culture of indiscipline across his coalition government."A lot of the criticism, particularly internal criticism, appears to focus on, perhaps what some might see as your tolerance of indiscipline within the three-party government; ministers leaking cabinet decisions even while meetings are still underway," said Dobson."We saw that with the Katherine Zappone appointment a little earlier.

Martin responded:"As a Taoiseach, I'm into substance. I'm into the big policy issues and challenges that face our country, Covid-19 and trying to protect people as much as we can [has been] a key objective in the last year as Taoiseach, but also the housing challenge.""We do," said Martin."And it's a three-party coalition government, first of its kind in the history of the state.

 

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No, he does it with a nod and a wink 😉

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