Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD has questioned whether any Government Ministers benefited from FÁS largesse by having gifts or services bought for them at taxpayers’ expense. Speaking [...]
Did Ministers benefit from any FAS largesse?
26. 11. 2008
Tánaiste must back or sack FÁS chief & board
24. 11. 2008
Image via Wikipedia Tánaiste must back or sack FÁS chief & board Agency breached Dept of Finance travel guidelinesTánaiste Mary Coughlan must back or sack FÁS chief Rody Molloy and [...]
Ireland can trade its way out of recession – Speech at the Wexford Conference
24. 11. 2008
On Saturday I addressed the Fine Gael National Conference in Wexford on the countries economic challenges. I include my speech below. Many ask about the difference between Fianna Fáil [...]
Expensive pay deal will result in economic apartheid
24. 11. 2008
Yesterday’s Sunday Independent carried a piece I wrote on the National Pay Agreement. I include the piece below. LAST Monday, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions ratified the National [...]
WHAT IF ? – the MRBI poll translated for the Local and European Elections
15. 11. 2008
In Fine Gael, preparations for next June’s Local and European Elections are well underway. Back in the summer, I chaired the party’s first convention. It was for Athlone Town Council. [...]
Coughlan’s U-turn on FÁS beggars belief
14. 11. 2008
Tánaiste not on top of her brief Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD has described as astonishing Tánaiste Mary Coughlan’s last-minute U-turn on allegations of wrongdoing in FÁS, [...]
The Cost of the Pay Agreements
11. 11. 2008
I recently put down a number of parliamentary questions looking to ascertain the cost of the 2.5% and 3.5% pay increases agreed in the National Pay Agreements. These pay increases, [...]
1,276 have lost their jobs in Dublin 15 since Cowen became Taoiseach
10. 11. 2008
One person is now losing their job every three minutes. Nearly 70,000 people have lost their jobs since Brian Cowen became Taoiseach, and there are now more people on [...]
Unemployment and Training – Fine Gael Private Members Motion
10. 11. 2008
Last week, Fine Gael devoted its Private Members time to a motion on the current unemployment crisis. My speech on the debate can be found below the fold, while the [...]