Taoiseach (Prime Minister of Ireland), Leader of Fine Gael and TD for Dublin West
Feb 25, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Today’s jobs numbers lay bare the devastating impact the pandemic has had on the economy & employment. Over 400k jobs have been lost & a quarter of our labour force is now unemployed.
Also shows unfairness of the virus with job losses heavily & disproportionately affecting the private sector & sectors like retail, hospitality, tourism and entertainment especially
Mar 12, 2020 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
For the past few weeks, the Government and our public services have been focused on the impact of Covid 19.
In that time, we have taken several important and unprecedented measures to protect public health.
We have been preparing for all eventualities.
Yesterday, the World Health Organisation formally described it as pandemic & the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control updated it guidelines advising us all to act early to be effective.
Our own National Public Health Emergency Team met last night.
Nov 14, 2018 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
I am pleased an agreement has been reached between EU & UK negotiators on a draft #Brexit Withdrawal Treaty. While I welcome these developments, Brexit is not our policy & is something we regret. However we respect the vote of the people of the UK.
Our national priorities are:
- protecting the Good Friday Agreement.
- maintaining the Common Travel Area & related benefits
- reaffirming our place at the heart of the EU
- protecting trade, jobs and the economy
On each of these, we have reached a satisfactory outcome today.
