There has been a call to investigate “blatant misleading of the people” by Government Ministers in the run up to March’s failed referendums.

Addressing the Taoiseach in the Dáil yesterday, the Aontú Leader, and Meath West TD, Peadar Tóibín called on the government to launch such an investigation.

He said Aontú had highlighted the tax changes, the confusion in the phrase ‘durable relationships’ and how the courts would interpret it, and the impact on immigration law.

However, he added: “The government rubbished our concerns at the time and said that there would be no impacts. Ministers refused to published the advice that they had received and stated that they had received no advice contrary to their statements”.

“We now know that this was all untrue”.

“Its not that the government just hid this pivotal advice from the people. They went further than that. Ministers outright lied as to the advice that they were receiving. Its important that the government take responsibility for this, that they investigate as to why Ministers were misleading the people and that they come clean and apologise to the people of Ireland”.