“It’s important that we ensure there is reasonable access to cash across society.”
From the Union point of view, a Government is rarely weaker than when it is about to face the electorate.
In the cacophony of EU criticism, it is easy to forget that Hungary is one of Europe’s most enduring economic success stories. The unfolding recession has not changed that.
A new report has shown that Irish business insolvencies in 2023 were at their highest level in 5 years. When asked about this, Finance Minister Michael McGrath said that “some businesses which may not have been viable were sustained” during the Covid lockdown by government supports. Question by Ben Scallan. #gript
If you didn’t know who she was, you might think you’d woken up from a coma, and were listening to John Bruton or Bertie Ahern, circa 1997.
“Measures introduced in Budget 2024 lacked transparency.”
Negotiating as part of the EU.
the Taoiseach’s attack, dishonest though it may be, is a clear indicator of where Fine Gael intends to go at the next election
And the political class, as a whole, lacks any interest in holding the administrative state to account.
This kind of governance has ruined the country before, and, given the chance, it will ruin it again.
Why shouldn’t policy, rather than encouraging and incentivising two-income households, work more towards making one-income families viable?
A breakdown of Tuesday’s Oireachtas Budgetary Oversight Committee meeting