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SINN FÉIN HAS announced that it will formally nominate its TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh as the Ceann Comhairle of the new Dáil.
The Ceann Comhairle is essentially the chairperson of the Dáil and has responsibility for keeping order among TDs while the Dáil is in session.
The new Dáil is scheduled to meet for the first time next Wednesday, when a vote is expected to take place via a secret ballot for the position.
Since 2016, Fianna Fáil’s Seán Ó Fearghail has been Ceann Comhairle and as such was automatically returned as a TD in Kildare South in this year’s general election.
Despite previously saying he did not want to seek a third term in the role, it was confirmed last week that Ó Fearghail is now considering a bid.
Independent TD for Wexford, Verona Murphy has also thrown her hat into the ring and would be the first woman to hold the position if elected.
Fianna Fáil TD John McGuinness has also filed his nomination papers for the role.
Sinn Féin’s Ó Snodaigh submitted his nomination papers this morning and party leader Mary Lou McDonald described him as an “outstanding parliamentarian, legislator, public representative, proud gaeilgeoir and champion of the arts, heritage and culture.”
Ó Snodaigh was first elected as a TD for the Dublin South-Central constituency in 2002.
“Aengus has a sharp intellect and has a first-rate understanding of parliamentary process and procedures,” said McDonald.
“He is highly respected right across the Oireachtas community.
“Aengus Ó Snodaigh would carry out the duties of Ceann Comhairle fairly in the public interest and work tirelessly to ensure the Dáil operates effectively in service of the people.”
Currently, the salary attached to the position of Ceann Comhairle exceeds that paid to the Taoiseach.
The basic salary attached to the role is €113,679, with an additional allowance of €141,834.
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For as long as we don’t have control of our currencys value and hang our economic performance solely on exports instead of growing our domestic economy, we will only ever know ‘uncertainty’.
The sad reality of the system is werejammin that any export performance is devoured by our debts owed due to bonds, bailouts and guarantee schemes.
The countries citizens, politicians, civil servants (and economists from what I hear them advise), are completely ignorant of the rules of the money game. We are being cleaned out at the poker table.
Back to Basics once again. If you think going back to the markets is a good thing, contact your local psychiatrist immediately. Going back to the markets is selling bonds – literally increasing our bondage – to bankers. It is getting into even more debt and paying back bankers in chunks of our countries real physical assets – infrastructure, water systems, airports, oil and gas etc.
The public demand their free “entitlements”, politicians will not say no. The borrowing continues. Our debt spirals.
There’s nothing good about piling up borrowing, getting deeper in debt. The whole monetary system is a racket, and at this stage none of the worlds public debt can ever be paid back.
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