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 [...]
HUGE GAMBLE – WHERE’S THE PEDIGREE1. Today the government is making the biggest commitment on the part of the taxpayer that has ever been made. It intends to pay €54,000m to purchase developers’ loans from the banks. This is the equivalent of a €34,000 additional mortgage for every family in the country. Continue Reading
The Irish model that brought so much prosperity in the past has been entirely derailed. The country needs changes right across every spectrum of public policy. Only politics can lead this change. Yet politics has never been held in lower esteem by the general public. We will have to battle through a web of cynicism to bring people with us. Continue Reading
Speech by Fine Gael Deputy Leader & Finance Spokesman Richard Bruton TD at the Party’s Lisbon meeting in the IFSC
There is only one pathway that Ireland can travel to economic recovery. It is the path of trade with other countries. It is not long since Ireland’s success in competing overseas was the envy of the world. Continue Reading
