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 [...]
IS PARTNERSHIP DEAD?Jack O’Connor, President of SIPTU, has opened up an interesting debate – should we set aside the grandiose talk of social partnership and instead settle for an old-fashioned deal with the sectional interests? Continue Reading
Fine Gael has proposed a new Home Owner Support Scheme among its 99 NAMA amendments as a means of protecting the thousands of Irish families facing repossession of the family home as a result of the severe economic slump. Continue Reading
POWER AND DEMOCRACYThe constant themes of those who urge a No on Lisbon and on every EU Referendum since we joined is “You’ll lose power. The EU is not democratic”. This has an instant appeal. People like the idea of deciding for themselves. However, achieving the combination of autonomy and democracy is no easy task. They are at different ends of the spectrum – you can be independent or you can decide to participate in collective decisions. Libertas who blithely demands more democracy in selecting the Commission would be the first to cry foul when a democratic Commission elected by the people of Europe used their mandate to make reforms . Continue Reading
