Motion of no confidence in Taoiseach tabled by Sinn Féin and Independent TDs

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

THE leader of the Technical Group in the Dáil, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD, has announced that a motion of no confidence in Taoiseach Brian Cowen has this afternoon been tabled by the seven members of the group.

Deputy Ó Caoláin (Sinn Féin) said:

This Taoiseach and this Government are completely discredited. No effort must be spared to remove them from office.

Brian Cowen leads a Fianna Fáil/Green Party Government which has totally mismanaged the economy and sold our sovereignty to the IMF and EU, compounding the economic crisis precipitated by the governments led by his predecessor, former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.

This afternoon, the seven members of the Technical Group have tabled a motion of no confidence in Taoiseach Brian Cowen. We call on Fine Gael and Labour to support this motion.

The Technical Group will not have a Private Members' Business opportunity in the Dáil until the beginning of March. If this Taoiseach and Government are not gone by next week then Fine Gael should use their Private Members' Time next Tuesday to have this motion put before the Dáil.

We need an immediate dissolution of the Dáil and a general election.

The motion reads:

That Dail Éireann has no confidence in An Taoiseach Brian Cowen who leads a Fianna Fáil/Green Party Government which has totally mismanaged the economy and sold our sovereignty to the IMF and EU, compounding the economic crisis precipitated by the governments led by his predecessor former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.

– Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Pearse Doherty, Martin Ferris, Arthur Morgan, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Finian McGrath, Maureen O’Sullivan.