First scalp for new politics as ministerial order quashed by opposition
Coalition of Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and independent TDs veto fisheries law in a Dáil first
The government is alarmed at the prospect of ministerial orders being voted down by the Dáil after its first ever defeat of this kind.
Most laws are implemented by ministerial orders, including the recent introduction of the sugar tax and the introduction of court orders to keep sexual offenders from harassing their victims.
But Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and several independent TDs succeeded recently in striking down a ministerial order for the first ...
