Lack of vision
Asked if he accepts that carbon tax is unpopular with the public, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe says it’s a tax that “needs to be explained” to people. He says in a few years carbon tax will be bringing in “important and significant” amounts of revenue for the State.
There will come a day when Governments do not have fourteen billion euros to play with. And when that day comes, we will realise just how badly we have spent our cash
The minute a hard choice had to be made, who was the first to get the chop? Not the bureaucracy. Not the NGOs. Not the massive overspending on projects.
Finance Minister responds to criticism from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that the Government was set to spend an ‘inappropriate’ amount of money at the upcoming Budget.
ECB-backed project.
When you value sentiment over competence, prepare to be upset by failures.
Refusal to engage seriously with the fundamental point.
Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe rejects the view of economist David McWilliams that Ireland’s immigration rate will have to be “halved at least” in order for infrastructure to keep up with population growth, arguing that population growth has instead bolstered the economy.
Roderic O’Gorman claims that NGOs are independent of Government. Ben Scallan presses him this, given that some NGOs receive over 90% of their funding from Government, and Paschal Donohoe has admitted they’re only funded if they’re “consistent with the Programme for Government”:
Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025.
“I am delighted to sign this”.