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Sinn F\u00e9in plans to table a motion in the D\u00e1il calling for the government’s Strategic Communications Unit (SCU) to be disbanded.<\/p>\nSinn F\u00e9in plans to table a motion in the D\u00e1il calling for the government’s Strategic Communications Unit (SCU) to be disbanded.<\/p>\n
The party says it is just a PR unit promoting the Taoiseach and Fine Gael, at the taxpayers expense.<\/p>\n
The SCU has come under scrutiny in the last week for allegedly instructing newspapers to make ads look like real news.<\/p>\n
The government denies the allegations.<\/p>\n
Fianna F\u00e1il may also table a motion on the matter according to Miche\u00e1l Martin.<\/p>\n
The Fianna F\u00e1il leader was speaking this morning on Today with Sean O’Rourke and said that his party want to see the SCU disbanded.<\/p>\n
“We want it disbanded so whatever it takes to disband it, we might develop our own motions, and put our own motions on the slab,” said Mr Martin.<\/p>\n
He went on to say that the Taoiseach had been in denial for some time and noted the timing of the review announcement saying “he announced a review deep in the snow”.<\/p>\n
Mr Martin said that the unit should be depoliticised and to be taken out of the Department of an Taoiseach.<\/p>\n
“We cannot and should not be using civil servants to promote the message of a political party.”<\/p>\n
Mr Martin said that it is “unacceptable” for the government to blur the lines between independent journalism and paid for ads.<\/p>\n