Government blames Brexit for backlog of bills

Government chief whip Seán Kyne

The government has blamed Brexit for the fact that three quarters of its promised bills have not been published on time. Government chief whip Seán Kyne had listed 30 bills as priorities for publication during the current Dáil term after managing to get the Brexit preparation bill through the Dáil and Seanad before the threatened British crash-out from the EU on March 31 last.

However, just eight of the 30 bills have been ...