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Federalisation/Decentralisation of Irish Politics

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  • 24-11-2011 6:19pm
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    Duke Leonal Felmet
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    Just a quick question, does any party, no matter how fringe, support diluting the power of central government and giving more power to local government?

    Danke.


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    AhSureTisGrand
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    The Christian Solidarity Party.







    You did say any party


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    Valmont
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    I've never heard of any policy along those lines. Why do you ask?


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    Duffy the Vampire Slayer
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    Republican Sinn Fein stick to the old 'Eire Nua' plan in which Ireland would have four provincial parliaments.


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    sarkozy
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    I *had* written a long post about this because in a previous job, I had to research and analyse the local government system to develop radical proposals for its reform.

    The Green Party (God bless them) are firmly behind real local government. John Gormley, as Minister for the Environment and Local Government, led a local government reform 'White Paper' process to lead "the biggest reform of local government in the history of the state". It didn't go anywhere as FF didn't want to cede the power it has centralised in its interests since the foundation of the 'Republic'.

    Previously, The Local Government Act (2001) led to some structural change - more functions (i.e. services like road maintenance, water systems, etc.) were transferred to local authorities. But this didn't come with the necessary funding, particularly the need for local authorities to have the power to raise their own taxes.

    I believe a complex society like ours needs real, democratic local government for a whole range of reasons. We're certainly not too small for it.


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    fianna saor
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    Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »
    Republican Sinn Fein stick to the old 'Eire Nua' plan in which Ireland would have four provincial parliaments.

    didnt they want the four federal parliaments for each province and a central parliament based in athlone or thereabouts?


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