Politics

O’Brien accuses opposition of planning bill filibuster amid row over committee schedule

A row broke out in recent days over the proposed schedule to examine government’s landmark piece of legislation

Darragh O’Brien, the housing minister, has accused Sinn Féin of ‘shocking hypocrisy’ and refusing to ‘show up and do the job they are elected to do’. Picture: RollingNews.ie

Darragh O’Brien has accused Sinn Féin of attempting to deliberately delay the government’s planning bill as opposition parties are in a stand-off over the schedule to scrutinise the landmark piece of legislation.

A row broke out in recent days over the proposed schedule to examine the bill with Sinn Féin in turn accusing the government of trying to enforce an onerous schedule on the Oireachtas housing committee to avoid proper scrutiny and thus speed up ...