Galway Bay fm newsroom - Galway Senator and Chairperson of the Green Party Pauline O'Reilly says a necessary step was taken in the suspension of two TDs, over a vote on the national maternity hospital.
Green Party TD's Neasa Hourigan and Patrick Costello have had the party whip removed and have been suspended for six months.
The parliamentary party agreed to the proposal last night, after the TD's voted against the government in the Dáil.
They backed a non-binding Sinn Féin motion calling for the National Maternity Hospital to be built on public land - it passed after government TDs abstained.
The decision to suspend the two TDs means the government majority in the Dáil has now been reduced to one.
Galway Green Party chairperson, Senator Pauline O'Reilly, says unity is essential when it comes to voting.
