A lot of people mentioned to me that were surprised that Simon Coveney was appointed Minister for Agriculture, Marine and Food. To me it was no surprise, not only is Simon popular with farmers, in a Red C Poll for the Irish Farmers Journal Simon was the most popular candidate for Agriculture Minister, but he has European experience. The majroity of legislations, rules and payments relating to Agriculture comes from the European Union through the Common Agriculture Policy. This...
Enda Kenny yesterday announced his list of Deputy spokespersons. They are as follows: Special Responsibilities Name Food & Fisheries Shane McEntee TD CAP Reform Noel Coonan TD Forestry Tom Sheahan TD Telecommunications Michael D’Arcy TD Competition and Consumer Olivia Mitchell TD Protection Gaeltacht Dinny McGinley TD Lifelong Learning Ulick Burke TD & School Transport Enterprise & Employment Kieran O’Donnell TD Local & Community Development James Bannon TD Housing Terence Flanagan TD Public Expenditure Brian Hayes TD Banking & Credit...
Lucinda Creighton TD has blogged about how she thinks the Government and Opposition should work together on the budget. She raises some interesting points. Need for Patriotic Rather than Political Response to Economic Crisis Some may say it is naive of Opposition politicians to suggest that now is a time when we must put aside the old fashioned confrontational, adversarial politics of old and replace it, albeit temporarily, with a constructive engagement with the Government and the Minister for...
Image by The Workers’ Party of Ireland via Flickr In a change of heart from the last referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon, the Green Party narrowly agreed to back the treaty at its convention last Saturday. There was plenty of blog coverage. Here are some to check out: CorkPolitics, IrishElection and Jim on Blogactiv. Fair play to the Greens and I look forward to seeing them on the canvass. Labour launched there Yes campiagn good and early which...
If you take a walk outside the main hotel there is a big crowd outside enjoying the sunshine. There is a relaxed mood among delegates as the various sessions continue this evening. I attended the YFG session for part of it, but had to leav early. I was there for contributions from Lucinda Creighton (Europe) and Brian Hayes (Education). They gave good speeches, with Lucinda focusing on the Lisbon Treaty and the Lisbon Strategy (not to be confused). Brian...
YFG are holding a session on Saturday at the Fine Gael Ard Fheis enititled “Ireland Needs Change”. The aim of the discussion is to allow spokespersons in the party let the young members know what they are doing. The session will be addressed by: Barry Walsh, President Young Fine Gael Richard Bruton TD, Deputy Leader and Fine Gael Spokesperson on Finance (Chair) Lucinda Creighton TD, Fine Gael Spokesperson on European Affairs Brian Hayes TD, Fine Gael Spokesperson on Education...
Image via CrunchBase I was recently asked about official Fine Gael stuff on Facebook and twitter (I seam to be the go to person) and I must say there isn’t any that I knew of! That remineded of my FineGaelNews bot on twitter and I checked out its followers and I found three Senators and a TD who use it properly as well as a Local Election Candidate. The Senators are Senator Fidelma Healy Eames from Galway, Fine Gaels...
Parts of the Contributions by TD’s to yesterdays debate. Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Dermot Ahern (Fianna Fail) The discussion of the Bill by the Oireachtas represents an important phase in our national debate on the treaty, which will be put to a referendum in June. The reform treaty is important for Ireland and Europe and it is a logical step for the European Union in a world of increasing globalisation. Ratification of this treaty is a logical step...
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