WWN Reviews The Government’s First 100 Days

SUCH IS THE magnitude of activity and achievements of the Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and independents-who-are-somehow-also-the-opposition, WWN recommends you take the week off and down a load of speed in order to power through this exhaustive list of elite political performers doing what they do best:

Secured a pay rise for Michael Lowry.

Made election pledge it would to hit 40,000 homes target in 2024. Did not hit target. News reports emerged some members of the government had known this was not possible before November 2024 election.

Performed a u-turn on implementing an increase in the number of paid statutory sick days.

Performed u-turn on the implementation of the auto-enrollment pension scheme this year.

Performed u-turn on Occupied Territories Bill.

Increased cost of childcare in many locations after making pledge it would cap it at €200 a month.

Received fixed penalty notice from gardaí for performing a series of u-turns.

Don’t say he doesn’t deliver for the people, Taoiseach Micheál Martin finally got his trip to the White House.

Have failed to get any Dáil committees to sit.

Projected to miss social housing targets this year, but have hit record homelessness target every month this year so far.

Staged highly publicised photo ops of unsuccessful asylum applicants boarding deportation flights, just in case you were unsure who were the scapegoats for the government’s policy failings.

Have taken today off from the Dáil.

Failed to send Verona Murphy to the Gaeltacht to learn a bit of Irish.

Planning on removing the rent cap. Adding more incentives to developers who are sitting on land and watching the value rise.

Tried to appoint a €430k-a-year ‘Housing Tsar’ who rents out his home for €10,000 a week.

Final verdict: perhaps the single worst performance by a government in its first 100 days of office, 0/10, would absolutely vote into power again though for some inexplicable reason.

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