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Sarah and John discuss the spy in the Oireachtas, Sinn Fein forgetting how to do politics, Scary Movies, Scarier Sex Education, and the Government buying the media in a packed podcast this week. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/bad-teacher/ 00:00 The Week in Review: Political Scandals and National Security 11:24 Sinn Féin’s Crisis Management and Political Accountability 24:33 Debating […]
Western Europe has “stopped growing” and “innovating” and needs “de-regulation” and “tax cuts”, says Adam Smith Institute research director, Maxwell Marlow.
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So let’s have a chat about DCU’s training course for SPHE teachers and where it’s coming from. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-410-an-educ…sexual-education/ Available on Spotify & iTunes Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2BXBpMbjzeYJlwTIi3BmAK iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/trsi/id1502422176
Patrick O’Donovan (who was the Minister overseeing the OPW when the bike shed was approved) says he “wasn’t responsible” for the decision. He adds that “normally” when the OPW is before the Public Accounts Committee, they’re given a “hard time” over projects being late.
“Any organisation that engages in that kind of behaviour is not one that I want to see have funding”: Justice Minister Helen McEntee tells Ben Scallan that NGOs which promote “racist” ideas like “white privilege” will face increased scrutiny and may see their State funding cut.
“I do believe that we need to move forward on this”: Justice Minister Helen McEntee confirms to Ben Scallan that the government will seek to pass hate speech legislation after the general election, during the next government term. #Budget2025
Reacting to #Budget2025, the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC) urged the Government to be “more serious” instead of “repeating past mistakes” around spending. Tánaiste Micheál Martin tells Ben Scallan he “takes issue” with IFAC’s suggestion that the Budget isn’t serious.
Gript’s Ben Scallan asks Public Expenditure Minister what “lessons” exactly have been learned from successive cost overruns on State projects. #Budget2025
Just 4 months ago, 33-year-old Jack Chambers (a medicine graduate) was appointed Finance Minister of Ireland. Ben Scallan asks what it was like to head right into #Budget2025 having just taken up the job. Chambers replied that the €13bn in Apple money was a “challenge”.
Gript’s Ben Scallan asks how the State will avoid cost overruns on the Dublin Metro. Ministers Eamon Ryan & Ossian Smyth reply that projects like the National Broadband Plan are on-budget because they “balanced risk” between the State & the contractor as part of the agreement.
It was recently revealed that the OPW’s modular homes for Ukrainians had doubled in cost from €200k to €436k. Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien said that this doubling in cost “frustrates” him, adding that ‘lessons should be learned’. Question by Ben Scallan.
Integration Minister Roderic O’Gorman announced “additional funding” to help “receive and accommodate” asylum seekers in #Budget2025. Asked how much the State has spent already on asylum accommodation since the start of the Ukraine war, he replied: “I can get that for you.”