On Saturday, Tremendous Gael Minister of State Peter Burke, who pushed a ‘Yes’ vote, mentioned the federal government should take into account how a lot the views of campaigning NGOs truly “reflect” these of wider society.
Talking on RTÉ’s Saturday with Colm Ó Mongáin present, Burke addressed the massive variety of NGOs pushing the rejected ‘Yes’ vote.
“I do think, if you look at the roster of ‘Yes’ campaigners, and those advocates from political parties to NGOs, it’s been quite significant and quite large,” Burke mentioned, including: “It is a strong blow to the body politic.”
He additional acknowledged that the federal government would wish to “look at” how a lot the views of such campaigning NGOs had been “reflective” of wider Irish society.
“I think we need to look and see, in terms of how much some NGOs are reflective of the communities that we live in, because there had been very strong support in some quarters,” he mentioned.
“…the reality is the electorate made a clear and informed decision, and we in government have to listen to that decision.”
Gript notes that state-funded NGOs, which obtain taxpayer cash, had been closely concerned within the ‘Yes’/’Sure’ marketing campaign together with, “The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI), which receives over 96% of its staffing costs from the government annually.”
Teams advocating for #VoteYesYes tomorrow symbolize girls, males, mams, dads, lone mother and father, carers, youngsters, college students, employees, households, and we’ve been on the forefront of equality for many years ✊ #YourYesYesMatters pic.twitter.com/Ns2D0rfpXj
— Womenscouncilireland (@NWCI) March 7, 2024
Senior political correspondent with Gript Media Ben Scallan shared on X:
Nutshell synopsis of Eire’s #Referendum2024 from what I can inform:
– Up to now 12 months or so the Irish authorities got here underneath intense stress from the general public over quite a lot of controversial points, akin to their liberal immigration insurance policies and extremely contentious hate speech invoice.
– To take the stress of themselves, they thought “Ireland is a progressive country, and we’ve won progressive referendums in the past. So let’s have a vote to change the Constitutional amendment about the State protecting the rights of mothers to stay at home, and broaden the definition of the family while we’re at it. We’ll say the current text is sexist and outdated, and hold it on International Women’s Day, so it’ll be a nice easy win, and will take the heat off us on the immigration thing.”
– It then proceeded to show VASTLY extra controversial than they’d anticipated, and blew up of their face, with some opponents arguing that it was a sexist try to jot down moms out of the Structure, leading to a landslide defeat. Some working class areas voted ‘No’ to the tune of 96%.
– The media, authorities, opposition, and NGO sector (who all supported the referendum) at the moment are in a state of catatonic shock and not sure of what to do subsequent precisely.
Did I miss something?
Nutshell synopsis of Eire’s #Referendum2024 from what I can inform:
– Up to now 12 months or so the Irish authorities got here underneath intense stress from the general public over quite a lot of controversial points, akin to their liberal immigration insurance policies and extremely contentious hate speech… pic.twitter.com/iWD2BVCvgX
— Ben Scallan (@Ben_Scallan) March 10, 2024
