Sinn Féin To Table Motion Of No Confidence In Simon Coveney
On Friday's Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey was joined by Violet Anne Wynne, Sinn Fein TD from Kilrush. Sinn Fein will table a motion of no confidence in Simon Coveney, following the Katherine Zappone controversy. The Dáil returns after its summer recess on Wednesday, with one of its first pieces of business to deal with a motion of no confidence in Simon Coveney. It follows the failed appointment of Katherine Zappone to a UN Special Envoy role, with the party saying it wasn't done in a transparent process, and amounted to cronyism, while also falling below the standard expected of Government. Sinn Fein had said it wouldn't table the motion, if the Foreign Affairs Minister was sanctioned by the Taoiseach. At the Fianna Fáil think-in in Cavan, Taoiseach Micheal Martin expressed confidence in Minister Coveney - who is in New York chairing a meeting of the UN Security Council.