Politics
Government report card: How has the coalition rated on the big issues?
At its halfway point in office, the coalition has fared well on the economy and refugee crisis, but its performance on health and housing needs to improve, while it promised a lot on climate, but has yet to really deliver
When they took office two-and-a-half years ago, Micheál Martin, Leo Varadkar and Eamon Ryan agreed a programme for government that described itself as “deeply ambitious” but “achievable”.
It has been a hectic term due to the demands caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Brexit and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with 124 government bills passed in the period. That is well ahead of the 81 bills that the previous Fine Gael-led minority government managed to pass ...
