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Agree to come from FG thinking session – An Tánaiste.
Aontú le teacht as seisiún smaointeoireachta FG – An Tánaiste.
Tánaiste and Fine Gael Leader Leo Varadkar says the ongoing controversy over the appointment of Katherine Zappone as special envoy to the United Nations can be attributed, in part, to how it was handled.
Deir An Tánaiste agus Ceannaire Fhine Gael Leo Varadkar gur féidir an chonspóid leanúnach faoi cheapúchán Katherine Zappone ina toscaire speisialta chuig na Náisiúin Aontaithe a leagan, i bpáirt, ar an gcaoi a láimhseáladh é.
This is what brought us to Sinn Féin ‘s vote of no confidence in Foreign Minister Simon Coveney, he said.
É seo a thug muid chuig vóta mímhuiníne Shinn Féin san Aire Gnóthaí Eachtracha Simon Coveney, a dúirt se.
Leo Varadkar said members of the parliamentary party and activists in the party were disappointed that Fine Gael had not been at the peak of ‘its goodness, its ability or its sharpness’ in recent weeks and months.
Dúirt Leo Varadkar go bhfuil díomá ar bhaill den pháírtí pairliminte agus gníomhaithe sa pháirtí nach raibh Fine Gael i mbarr ‘a mhaitheasa, a chumais ná a ghéíre’ sna seachtainí agus míonna seo caite.
This meeting before the new Dáil term would be a ‘good meeting’ he said, the first time party members have met since July 2019 to ‘reorganize and reset’.
Bheadh an cruinniú seo roimh an téarma nua Dála ina ‘chruinniú maith’ a dúirt sé, an chéad uair abheidh baill an pháirtí le chéile ó mhí Iúil 2019 chun ‘atheagar agus a athshocrú’ a dhéanamh.
He told Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio One that the party would come out of this thought meeting when they agreed.
Dúírt sé ar Morning Ireland ar RTÉ Radio One go dtiocfadh an páírtí as an gcruinniú smaointeoireachta seo agus iad aontaithe.
The Tánaiste has urged Foreign Minister Simon Coveney to bring the appointment of Katherine Zappone to the attention of the Taoiseach, and has apologized to the Taoiseach, he said.
Bhí sé de dhualgas ar An Tánaiste ar an Aire Gnóthaí Eachtracha Simon Coveney ceapúchán Katherine Zappone a chur ar shúile an Taoisigh, agus tá leithscéal gafa aige leis an Taoiseach, a dúirt sé.
A coalition, he said, should be based on two principles, goodwill and nothing unexpected.
Ba cheart, a dúirt sé, comhrialtas bheith bunaithe ar dhá phrionsabal, an dea-intinn agus gan aon ní theacht gan choinne eatarthu.
There is goodwill between the three parties in the coalition government, he said, but he should have seen beforehand that the appointment of Katherine Zappone would be a politically sensitive issue
Tá deá-intinn idir na trí pháirtí sa chomhrialtas, a dúirt sé, ach ba cheart go mbeadh sé feicthe aige roimhré gur cheist íogair pholaitiúil a bheadh i gceapúchán Katherine Zappone