A key element of Fine Gael’s Five Point Plan to create jobs and get Ireland working is to slash waste and duplication in public spending in order to keep taxes [...]
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145 Quango-ing…going…gone
12. 2. 2011
FF defend FF appointees to State Boards
19. 1. 2011
FF and Collins must explain why they refuse to change public appointments system Over the Christmas period, Fianna Fáil appointed Party councillors and trustees to State Boards without Oireachtas [...]
Government made 90 public appointments during the Christmas Recess
17. 1. 2011
Image by jaqian via Flickr Fianna Fail & Green Ministers made ninety appointments to state boards, agencies and quangos during the Christmas recess including appointment to Pension Board, Health [...]
Moratorium on public appointments vital as FF + Greens stuff State board
16. 12. 2010
Fine Gael Communication Spokesman, Leo Varadkar TD, has reiterated his call for a moratorium on appointments to public bodies after information he received showed that the Government has 300 appointments [...]
FG Youth Jobs Plan Will Reduce by 1/3rd Numbers of u25s on Live Register
2. 12. 2009
Image via Wikipedia FG Plan to reduce youth dole by a third A set of Fine Gael proposals targeting youth unemployment will reduce by 1/3rd the numbers of under [...]
Coughlan’s Board won't fix FAS
6. 10. 2009
Mary Coughlan’s new FÁS Bill is a serious disappointment and falls far short of what is required to fix the organisation, according to Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD. [...]
Dáil to debate new laws to rein in State boards today
22. 9. 2009
Image by fabi42 via Flickr New laws to rein in State boards New laws to rein in directors on State bodies like FÁS and the HSE will be debated [...]
Private Members Bill on Transparency in Public Appointments
6. 10. 2008
As was announced over the weekend, I will be introducing a Private Members Bill on introducing transparency into how people are appointed to state boards. The official explanation of the [...]