B+ on transparency; D on accountability. Not quite the democratic revolution we’d been promised.
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Climate Report Card
Little real engagement on climate. Promised little but delivered even less: ‘dog ate my climate policy’ not a valid excuse. Avoided a ‘fail’ by scraping in Climate Act)
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two foolish Ministers for the Environment merely went throught the motions
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Social welfare Report Card
kept core benets butregressively reduced much else
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Health Report Card
a poor visionthat failed
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In a nearly picture-perfect setting for a politician in the last days of a pre-official campaigning season, framed by snow, sun and high alps, surrounded by an unctuous cabal of journalists and global elites largely impervious to Ireland’s economic realities, Enda Kenny delivered his new vision for Government. His new Three Point Plan is composed […]
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In recent months there have been many references by politicians and economic commentators to Ireland having one of the most progressive tax systems in the OECD. These statements reference data from the OECD Taxing Wages database which provides “…an insight into the levels of progressivity in the income tax systems of OECD countries”. However, progressivity […]
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Education Report Card
Significant achievements eclipsed somewhat by failures in high-profile areas