Get us out of this mess, please!

[thetruth]

It's blatenly obvious that the current set of chancers haven' got a clue how to get Ireland out of this mess.
Here is a cross party government that might have a chance, plus some policy changes that need to be made.
What do you think?

Taoiseach - Gilmore
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food - Michael Ring
Communications and Energy - Coveney
Education, Children and Science - Hayes
Enterprise, Trade and Employment - Joan Burton
Environment, Heritage and Local Government - Sargent
Finance - Bruton
Foreign Affairs and Defence - D Ahern
Health - Ryan
Justice, Equality and Social Reform - B. Lenihan
Social and Family Affairs - Varadker
Transport and Marine - Broughan

We don't need a minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism or a minister for Rural and Gaelic affairs in the current economic climate.
All cabinet ministers should agree to a new pay and pension structure which is in line with other countries who have a population of less than 4 million. All quangos should be immediately scrapped and a 2 new ministeries should be set up, the first a planning application minister and secondly an anti corruption minister with a brief to reclaim all gains made by corrupt politicians and their families.

[Big Bobo]

Social and Family Affairs - Varadker

Right that's all your credibility gone

[Sidewinder]

Why are you still pushing this "national government" bolloxology?

The only thing the people of Ireland want from FF is for them to crawl off and die.

They have a Dail majority, are they up to the job or not?

[odie1kanobe]

Social and Family Affairs - Varadker

Right that's all your credibility gone

Gilmore at Taoiseach did it for me.

[peader odonnell]

Why are you still pushing this "national government" bolloxology?

The only thing the people of Ireland want from FF is for them to crawl off and die.

They have a Dail majority, are they up to the job or not?

Well said.

[PhoenixIreland]

Why are you still pushing this "national government" bolloxology?

The only thing the people of Ireland want from FF is for them to crawl off and die.

They have a Dail majority, are they up to the job or not?

You wanna give them a chance to crawl away?....your too soft on them

[Question R24U]

No Minister for rural affairs or tourism? So no culchies or foreignors about the place.I presume that abolishing Sports and Arts, is because in your narrow consumeristic view they are too expensive.

[wombat]

.I presume that abolishing Sports and Arts, is because in your narrow consumeristic view they are too expensive.

What teams does a minister train, how many paintings does he paint - why does the govt. need to be involved in either activity. Neither are essential services and both will continue without govt. help.

[tea-egg]

Not nearly enough women, personality politics and quite a few eejits.
Also the choice of Sargent in environment made me spit coffee all over my
screen, he's been doing naughty GM deals on pigs with the Americas.

Richard Bruton is ok. Gilmore is passable but compromising with Greens
at the expense of Labour is just plain stupid. The Greens had a chance
and have proven that their policies are only workable within a wealthy
economy and if they ignore the deep (anarchic) annoyance of the
electorate. it's FG and Labs own fault that they have not developed
an environmental section.I would put Mc Manus in Family/Social
and have Howlin at State /junior for justice and /or defence.

I do not think the Greens Policy positions have matured to an acceptable
level to give them a new crack O' whip (yet)

[Question R24U]

Social and Family Affairs - Varadker

Right that's all your credibility gone

Yeah, he should takeover health and appoint Willie Walsh as head of the Hse.