In an effort to identify the fairest and most effective way of dealing with the disastrous state of the country’s finances, FG today called on the Government to allow all parties in the Dail play a central role ....... but with a little sting in the tale.

"In the week that we celebrated the first sitting of the Dáil the Government must ensure that members of the Oireachtas, who represent citizens and taxpayers, are involved in any economic rescue plans”

"This must start with a presentation by Government to the Dáil of all the cutback options considered, together with a cost-benefit assessment of the impact of each option on front-line services. This should include the publication of 2009 Annual Output Statements by each Department, before and after the proposed cutbacks. What must not happen is for Government to repeat the mistakes of the October Budget: protecting the big public sector bureaucracies like the HSE and FÁS, while cutting back on front-line services in health, education and training and on the vital investments in infrastructure needed for economic recovery”.

Based on their performance to date, I would be under no illusion that this Government are willing or able to produce the level of detail requested above, (most of which, much to their shame, probably hasn't even dawned on them.) But by publicly acknowledging that all parties have a role to play, are FG now calling the Government’s bluff on the National Governmemt/Tallaght Strategy style solution suggested by a number of Government representatives recently to divert attention away from their own abysmal performance.

In effect, show us the decisions and the rational behind them and what decisions were not taken and why not. Can't see this government going for that kind of transparency.

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Very clever by FG,me thinks!!
Why should we presume that it will NOT be a slash and burn from the government(and maybe with the s**t we are in that IS what will happen)
BUT
very clever to pre-empt the government by looking for cost benefit analysis first.
FG are savvy!!!

The old mantra of protecting the poor and vulnerable back out in front!!

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We do not wait happily or expectantly. It is a grim wait. In the words of Edmund Burke, “there is however a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue”. We are fast approaching that point.

I doubt if Cowen's ego will ever allow him to admit that he needs anybody's help.He will want to be the boss even as we all go over the cliff

Is this stratagy from the same man that said "he will not bail the Government out "has he realised that the people rejected this statment ? has FG realised that this crisis is not an opportunity for FG to make political gain ? or have they seen the polls that show an increase in support for FF ?

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Are you genuinely suggesting that re-asserting the primacy of the Oireachtas is bailing the government out? Or are you just admitting to being really fifteen?

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"Strategy" even.

It's not the crisis that offers FG the chance to make political gain but more so the apparent incompetence and inability of the current Government to manage and take us out of said crisis.

Just admitting to been a year older than you .

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Thank you for correcting my spelling mistake you are so kind .

Tell us what FG are proposing to do to get us out of this crisis?

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Unlike you I am public about who I am and what age I am. Either admit you're lying or for all our sakes feck off.

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