Is the present FF/FG/GP government the worst in the history of the state?

With full employment, the highest ever tax returns in the history of the state and better job prospects for the population than we have ever known.

The answer to your question. No.

100% Yes.

The tax take is solely down to MNCs availing of our tax haven and UK leaving EU. Nothing to do with this government's policy.

The amount of tax money FFG have wasted over the years. This country could be so so much better. Just look for example at the Health System and a long overdue Children's Hospital with no known final cost.

You get one of the highest standards of living on the planet.

So, there is that.

The fact the MNCs are here is very much because of govt policy.

Our very low corporation tax rate, coupled with our willingness to invest in FDI & to nurture it so effectivley over these last few decades.

Things aren't perfect in Ireland, but the job market for such a small country is absolutley exceptional & it almost certainly will never get better than where we are today.

The govt over the past 20 yrs have got many things wrong, but employment and job opportunities are gold standard.

Enjoy & capitalise on those employment opportunities whilst we have them would be my advice to anyone in Ireland.

You're only looking at one issue. Overall it's hugely better now. Did you have to pay the mortgage rates of the 80s? Housing was not universally affordable at all.

What did this government achieve? What new policy? What vision? What legislation? What reform? Since 2020.

The hard working people of Ireland have brought us a successful economy.

A successful economy enabled by successful govt employment policy, which in turn delivers those very jobs that make the economy succesful.

If you watched upfront Monday night there was a couple aged 26/27 who had the harrowing experience of saving for 3 years living at home, had to move outside dublin a travesty and by some miracle managed to be home owners at that age… It is doable people are just unwilling to sacrifice they’re comforts for a few years they prefer to moan and were handed things too easy all the way up.

worst government, didn't one recently end up with the imf coming in.

Where did you get the notion that it’s the government’s responsibility to provide affordable housing for everyone?

Something does not add up with your numbers...The highest tax rate is 52% (income tax + PRSI + USC), this kicks in for a single person at earnings over €70k. At just over €40k you would be paying 48.5% (income + PRSI + USC), not 50%+. I have not included any tax credits that most people get, which would reduce the overall number.

No government starts with a clean slate. Instead, they have to pick up and work with what was left to them by the previous government. And remnants of the one before that and before that and so on. If I was to point a finger at governments that did us a lot of harm, it was those Bertie Ahern Fianna Fail governments of the noughties. The effects of the housing bubble they whipped up are still being felt today. We went from one extreme (building increasingly expensive houses, even in areas where they weren't needed) to an almightly building crash and almost nothing being built. If we'd kept going at a slower steady pace, maybe things would be better now.

The IMF coming in, and the ensuing cuts in pay for public servants is something else that resonates to this day. We're training up doctors and nurses only to see them emigrate to countries where their pay is better and they have a better chance of somewhere to live.

I think the people who believe a Sinn Féin government will solve everything are going to be sorely disappointed. Already they're rowing back on their promises and talking about things needing two terms to be sorted. Much as we'd like all the housing, healthcare, crime etc. issues to be sorted, they're so knotty and difficult to sort, I don't think anybody can do it easily.

WTF?... you are complaining about a lack of public housing, the government should be providing affordable housing for all....but you also call tax immoral and theft....where does the money come from then?

Get real will you, you called the the 40% tax rate immoral and tantamount to theft. you are contradicting yourself and presenting incorrect numbers as fact.

Not event the worst government this century

"What IMF" saaid these clowns, as the IMF were already in the country. And that was less than 15 years ago, that we (as a country) have rebounded in relatively short period of time is remarkable.

Have a look at Greece (which all the SF/PBP types said we should follow) as an example of how not to do it.

This is one topic where deflection to party’s who never were in government is fairly pathetic tbh.

So where would all of this extra money come from? If the government decided to pay nurses and teachers and gardai more money, every other public servant in the country would stick their hand up and look for a pay rise as well. It's easy to say on Boards that a garda is more valuable than a clerical worker in the HSE but real life doesn't work that way.

I mean this is just today's news

No schools fitted with solar panels a year on from climate announcement (irishexaminer.com)

Not one school has yet been fitted with solar panels a year on from when the €50m climate action scheme was first announced, the Oireachtas education committee has heard.

They have lots of so called plans but nothing gets delivered.