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 [...]
Cowen’s Defence of Record Blown Away by Devastating Critique of Policy FailuresThe independent expert witnesses have had their say and have found that Brian Cowen and the banking and regulatory systems he oversaw were guilty of spectacular and catastrophic failures of economic management with ordinary taxpayers left to pay the price for this failure. Continue Reading
The small survey that I have done on the idea of a new mayor for Dublin does not bode well for John Gormley’s big idea.
• Only one in three support the idea.
Clearly people have different reasons for their opposition.
• Some see it as simply another layer in an already bloated government for the city and
• Others feel the proposed powers are too limited.
I think this scepticism about the idea is entirely justified. It is not that having a directly elected mayor is a bad idea, but if it is to work, the new office must rationalise existing structures to make local government more efficient and more effective in the city. The new elected mayor must have real powers to deliver in areas that matter to voters. Continue Reading
In a crisis there is an instinct to adopt a plan and demand unswerving commitment to it. Often, the reaction is to brand those who question or criticise the plan as heretics, unpatriotic or populist. Perhaps the instinct is understandable. However, if the new EU initiatives are to succeed, there must be robust scrutiny of the plan to ensure that it works.
The Eurozone is in deep crisis because of design flaws when it was first established. These design flaws were not carefully watched after it was put in place. It has now developed into a full-blown crisis. Continue Reading
