FF/FG/Green Government - Part 3 - Threadbanned User List in OP

The parties must really be getting worried about the upcoming elections...

.. won't surprise me if they announce a general election in the coming months too, but they'll probably wait till closer to May to see what way the wind is blowing.

Well done FG, you wont even get the children's hospital done for the election...

A runaway project that has cost the taxpayer way more than "planned". Final cost still unknown!

Cost of National Children's Hospital rises to €2.24bn (rte.ie)

Cost of National Children's Hospital rises to €2.24bn, says Minister

While the final cost of the hospital has yet to be established, it brings the overall total to around €2bn.

The Government announced enhanced capital and budget sanctions to bring the approved budget to €2.24 billion.

The original estimated cost was €450m in 2017.

The extra costs had previously been blamed on inflation.

The hospital is estimated to be at over 90% completion and the department said new hospital is due to be completed by Q4 of this year and, following operational commissioning, open in "mid-2025".

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe said the State is making every effort to get value for taxpayers when it comes to completing the hospital.

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The dishonesty and ineptness is astounding.

Heads should be rolling over that. Years of delays, billions of euros of cost overruns, and its now literally the most expensive hospital ever built in the history of humanity, anywhere in the world.

Its rank incompetence. But theres no chance anyone who was in charge of decision making on it over the last decade will be held to account.

The measure will apply to all eligible 18-year-olds who are in full-time education or who have a disability.

Strange this wasn't already in place to be honest.

I thought you had me on Ignore Clo?

I'd say you have the Children's hospital and RTE scandal on ignore too!

Catherine Martin as useless as ever on the RTE issue. It takes a toothless committee to establish the facts for the cabinet despite all her lengthy reports and strong words. The government have been exceptionally weak on RTE. Good luck collecting the license fee revenue before the elections!

The truth hurts Clo.

Only one link from RTE posted this week but keep up the honest posting. 😉 It was about the Children's hospital. You were happy to put the blindfold on for that one yet again.

Waffler.

How many RTE links did I post exactly? Go on, be honest. Count them.

I voted Independent and she is doing a fine job.

Your FFG can do no wrong. Long week 🔦

Brian Stanley (SF & PAC) makes a very good point about Coveney

Call for details of Coveney's exit package to be revealed (rte.ie)

PAC chair calls for details of Coveney's exit package to be revealed.

He criticised what he described as the "drip-feed of information" coming from RTÉ, and said that all of the information should be put on the table.

"This is not a secret society, this is a public sector broadcaster being funded by the public ... There is a moral obligation for it all to be put on the table," he said.

Social Democrats TD, Róisín Shortall, has said that Mr Coveney should offer up the relevant information about his exit package.

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Why all the secrecy? This is a public sector organisation. This must be very embarrassing for his brother, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. I thought Fine Gael were sorting these golden handshakes out when they produced the "New Politics" document. What legal threat has Coveney invoked on Bakhurst?

Meanwhile, seems not all is kosher in the government ranks

And before someone says but FO’D is retiring, He still has no qualms in calling a spade a spade.

It won't be his stance on immigration that will see him not getting elected though. The last election he got in ahead of Ruth Coppinger and that was thanks to transfer from Labour.

This person certainly does a detailed analysis.

i saw this on the menu page:

He predicted 6 green seats for October but his January prediction is halved to 3. Whether he’s right or wrong, interesting 12 months ahead.

Replace Green Party with Labour, PD's etc etc in terms of a small party who go into coalition and a section of Ireland decide they are the root of all their issues.

I don't know how many Green Party people ran around Ireland but I would expect most areas are covered. Just some people are too busy waffling about "leafy streets of Dublin" to actually listen to them

I thought she spoke well.

At this point, all I want is an honest politician to vote for. There doesn't seem to a single honest politician in the government.

Honesty, integrity and honour is all I am not looking for at this point. The 6 SD TDs seem to be honest but we'll have to see how they get on in government and whether the rot in Irish politics infects them.

I used to think many TDs in FG were honest too. That time has long passed.

Labour are keeping that rumour alive because they are toast otherwise. They sold their soul long ago when Gilmore was in charge.

I think the SDs will work hard in government. The FFG cabinet ministers have given up, they are afraid to do or plan anything in case it loses more votes. And it's clear that they couldn't care less about taxpayer money waste (RTE payouts/Children's Hospital). They are completely ineffectual across the board. Leo/Michael are definitely eyeing up a job in EU or UN.

And the green ministers have been woeful. Just useless. Catherine Martin in particular.