Hello, Thanks for clicking my new website. Many people have suffered huge losses due to bad government – lost their jobs, lost their savings, lost their homes. We must now make the future of our families secure again. To do that, we need to transform the way we do things in Ireland. We are pledged [...]
The top priority for a new Fine Gael government is to get people back to work and stop forced emigration. Young people have been the main victims of the economic crisis. Two out of every three people pushed out of work are under the age of 30. We are losing our youth to emigration. Fine [...]
New Politics New politics can put the interest of the citizen back at the centre of government. • Abolish severance payments for Ministers • Abolish the entitlement of Ministers to state cars • Cap app political pensions, only payable at 65 • Cut the pay of Taoiseach and Ministers • Require all expenses to be [...]
Fair Care – Making our Health Services Work Even with resources scarce, we can still focus on fairness. The acid test is how we help families cope with crises in their lives. FairCare is our fundamental reorganisation of the Irish health system based on three fundamental principles: Treat all patients equally: ending the distinction between [...]
Smaller, Smarter Government We need a smaller government that is effective and fair. Talented people in our public service are trapped in a system that fails them. We must break up the rigid structures and harness that talent. It is those who depend on public services who are the victims of waste. • Revolutionise the [...]
Fix the Public Finances We must cut our cloth to what taxpayers can afford. Piling on more and more new taxes won’t work. By cutting waste and inefficiency we can protect frontline services. • Focus on world-class efficiency in spending so income taxes don’t rise. • Streamline administration – eliminate and streamline up to 145 [...]
After the convulsions early this month, our economic team went ahead with a scheduled trip to consult with the OECD on emerging policy ideas – but with one empty seat!
The OECD undertakes a lot of work comparing and evaluating policy positions in different countries. We got insight on all the major issues that confront the world – the immediate crises: bank
The decision taken by the government to exempt 655 senior public servants from the full impact of pay cuts in the public services is unfair and unjustifiable.
• It is unfair because it means people on the lowest pay in the public service will see a reduction in their take home pay of 5%, but these priviledged people will just escape with just a third of that cut.
• It is unjustified, because it flies in the face of the recommendation of the Independent Review Group on higher renumeration who recommended a cut of between 8% and 12% for this group. Continue Reading
These are certainly testing times for the euro currency. Some countries are learning the harsh realities that they no longer control two of the traditional weapons in the armoury of government to deal with economic problems – Monetary Policy and Exchange Rates Policy. Continue Reading
