Politics

Higgins raises concerns over Christmas rush of government bills

President was previously given assurances that changes would be made to the traditional rush of legislation, but he was obliged to sign ten bills between December 14 and December 21

President Michael D Higgins has raised the issue of the pre-Christmas rush of bills with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, and also with his predecessor Micheál Martin

President Michael D Higgins has raised concerns with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar about the “difficulty” of having to deal with a large number of government bills in the run up to Christmas.

There is a long tradition of a late rush of legislation before the Dáil takes its summer break, and again before it takes its Christmas break. But Higgins was previously given assurances that changes would be made.

However, he was sent ten bills to ...