Posts Tagged public finances

Pat Rabbitte always eats his Greens

Brilliant video from yesterday’s Dáil debates on the Budget.  Pat Rabbitte tears into the Greens, who claim their fingerprints are “all over” the Budget. Neil has more. fastswfembed(“http://www.youtube.com/v/QxxHganG4Kg&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0×006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1″,445,364,’518-0′);

April 9th, 2009 at 08:02 in Politics (Ireland) | tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

What’s the Plan?

So, Budget 2009 has come and gone (at least until next week, when Brian Lenihan starts reversing decisions, and March, when he needs a mini-Budget because all the income predictions are wildly optimistic). But where’s the plan?  Why is there no articulation of how this Budget, and the two or three to follow, will bring [...]

October 19th, 2008 at 12:50 in Politics (Ireland) | tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments