We need a national government after next election

McDougal

Just listening to Joe Duffy there and I have to agree with all the calls for a national government to be honest. We need to appoint business people to certain ministeries to introduce a dynamic entrpreneurial spirit that is currently lacking among irish people in general. The likes of Cullen and O'Leary in government would inspire us all to start thinking outside the box. The following picks are in my opinion the top people in the respective posts. They come from variouis political parties - FF,FG, Greens, Labour, SF and Independents - as well as leading business and media people. What your picks be?

Taoiseach
- Enda Kenney

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- Leo Vradkar

Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Simon Coveney

Minister for Education and Skills
- Eamonn Gilmore

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Bill Cullen

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- John Gormley

Minister for Finance
- Brian Lenihan

Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Jim McDaid

Minister for Health and Children (Ireland)
- Michael O'Leary

Minister for Justice and Law Reform
- Brian Cowen

Minister for Social Protection
- Ned O'Keefe

Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport
- John O'Donoghue

Minister for Transport - Mary Harney

Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Senator Eoghan Harris

Minister for Defence
- Martin Ferris

Minister of State (with special responsibility for Children)
- Michael Ring

Minister of State (with special responsibility for Labour Affairs)
- Ivana Bacik

Minister of State (with special responsibility for European Affairs)
- Timmy Dooley

Minister of State (with special responsibility for Overseas Development)
- Dara Calleary

Minister of State (with special responsibility for Food and Horticulture)
- George Hook

Minister of State (with special responsibility for Equality)
- Senator Ronan Mullen

Minister of State (with special responsibility for Fisheries and Forestry)
- Jackie Healy Rae

Plug

Bill Cullen ha ha. The arsehole will have our babies selling apples FFS!

Riskymove

McDougal wrote: »

Minister for Defence
- Martin Ferris

absolutely hilarious

Minister of State (with special responsibility for Food and Horticulture)
- George Hook

?

Minister of State (with special responsibility for Equality)
- Senator Ronan Mullen

Minister of State (with special responsibility for Fisheries and Forestry)
- Jackie Healy Rae

ah so its all just taking the piss...oh well

poor effort then

phill106

What kind of nonesense is this? People qualified to be ministers? Why on earth would we want experts in particular fields be the minister for that field?
Madness I tell you! Madness!

sentient_6

McDougal wrote: »

Taoiseach
- Enda Kenney

I'm leaving on the first flight to anywhere if that happens. I cant f**kn stand him!!!!!!

genericguy

jackie healy rae is a fooking cnut. money grabbing bastard who thinks that drink driving is a non-issue. that scaldy cnut should be euthanised and used as fertiliser.

and you want john gormless in a job? the minister for the environment who says the environment is not his responsibility?

OP, you need your head examined.

-Trek-

McDougal wrote: »

Minister of State (with special responsibility for Food and Horticulture)
- George Hook

No, put George in charge of communications so that we can have sky television in every household.

McDougal

Riskymove wrote: »

absolutely hilarious




ah so its all just taking the piss...oh well

poor effort then

no it's dead serious.

Ferris? Probably the only TD with actual military exeprience. The rest of them would not know which end of a gun to fire!

Hook? Rumour is he will run for FG and he will have to be accomodated in a ministry. He is a cultured man with a fine palate - listen to his newstalk show if you don't believe me.

Mullen? Excellent speaker in the Senate and a legal expert I believe. He read the mind of the irish nation when he spoke out about the gay agenda.


Healy Rae? I'm not his biggest fan but he knows what people want in fairness to him - you can't ignore rural ireland!

sentient_6 wrote: »

I'm leaving on the first flight to anywhere but here if that happens. I cant f**kn stand him!!!!!!

Kenny will be taoiseach. Fact. Hopefully he has the cop on to bring in some good ministers though!

artanevilla

Bill Cullen would fit into the current government anyway. He is spoofer supreme.

allanb49

Ok lenihan is trained as a barrister and he's in fianance, Cowen is an accountant and in law :S

-Trek-

McDougal wrote: »

Ferris? Probably the only TD with actual military exeprience. The rest of them would not know which end of a gun to fire!

Poor aul Willy did.

wrote:

Kenny will be taoiseach. Fact. Hopefully he has the cop on to bring in some good ministers though!

I say yes to this.

McDougal

allanb49 wrote: »

Ok lenihan is trained as a barrister and he's in fianance, Cowen is an accountant and in law :S

eh? Cowen is a solicitor from Tullamore.

Lenihan? Will be remembered as a great finance minister in the future. Hailed by The Economist magazine as one of the finest finance ministers in the world.

SeaFields

If we have learned anything from the expenses scandals of late its that the politicians in this country have the good of the people a long, long way down there list of priorities.

Their main priority is to line their pockets for the duration of their tenure and surrendering some of the power that would allow them to do this is the last thing they would be willing to do.

The Agogo

A minister/politicians job is to be popular.

Let their advisors do the thinking.

ejmaztec

We only need one politician, Pol Pat.

SeaFields

The Agogo wrote: »

Let their advisors do the thinking.

The same advisors who told them the property bubble would have a soft landing? And never told them their expenditure was unsustainable? :rolleyes:

Dionysus

McDougal wrote: »

Just listening to Joe Duffy there and I have to agree with all the calls for a national government to be honest. We need to appoint business people to certain ministeries to introduce a dynamic entrpreneurial spirit that is currently lacking among irish people in general. The likes of Cullen and O'Leary in government would inspire us all to start thinking outside the box. The following picks are in my opinion the top people in the respective posts. They come from variouis political parties - FF,FG, Greens, Labour, SF and Independents - as well as leading business and media people. What your picks be?

Taoiseach
- Enda Kenney

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- Leo Vradkar

Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Simon Coveney

Minister for Education and Skills
- Eamonn Gilmore

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Bill Cullen

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- John Gormley

Minister for Finance
- Brian Lenihan

Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Jim McDaid

Minister for Health and Children (Ireland)
- Michael O'Leary

Minister for Justice and Law Reform
- Brian Cowen

Minister for Social Protection
- Ned O'Keefe

Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport
- John O'Donoghue

Minister for Transport - Mary Harney

Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Senator Eoghan Harris

Minister for Defence
- Martin Ferris

Minister of State (with special responsibility for Children)
- Michael Ring

Minister of State (with special responsibility for Labour Affairs)
- Ivana Bacik

Minister of State (with special responsibility for European Affairs)
- Timmy Dooley

Minister of State (with special responsibility for Overseas Development)
- Dara Calleary

Minister of State (with special responsibility for Food and Horticulture)
- George Hook

Minister of State (with special responsibility for Equality)
- Senator Ronan Mullen

Minister of State (with special responsibility for Fisheries and Forestry)
- Jackie Healy Rae

A national government would be a genuinely good idea. As constituted above, it wouldn't be a good reality. Brian Lenihan has been an abysmal Minister for Finance. He is getting an easy time because of his personal circumstances. It was he who bailed out Anglo-Irish Bank. If Éamon Ryan manages to bring broadband to every village across this state, as he has promised, he will be worthy of being in such a national government.

Oh, and you could not be serious with that complete and utter amadán Jackie Healy-Rea in any Irish government. The guy, and his entire family, have expenses up there with Rody Molloy, John O Donoghue and Ivor Callely. The Healy-Rea family are crooks by any standard.

HAHA! Eoghan "I'd lick Ahern's arse anyday" Harris?!?! Get a grip.

Why anyone would want Gormless in the cabinet is beyond me. Just because he's the Green's leader doesn't mean he's qualified to be Minister for the Environment.

Ostrom

Bill ****ing poxy Cullen?? What should we do with this 'inspiration', bend over and **** job opportunities? Good intentions change nothing.

genericguy

Deleted User wrote: »

Why anyone would want Gormless in the cabinet is beyond me. Just because he's the Green's leader doesn't mean he's qualified to be Minister for the Environment.

he's a fooking cretin, full stop.

Dionysus

McDougal wrote: »

Healy Rae? I'm not his biggest fan but he knows what people want in fairness to him - you can't ignore rural ireland!

Yes, and Healy-Rea, the crook clown, really is synonymous with "rural Ireland". Meanwhile I hope you won't be offended if we equate Bertie Ahern, Liam Lawlor and Ray Burke with "Dublin Ireland".

PeterIanStaker

McDougal wrote: »

Just listening to Joe Duffy there

I see the problem here. . . . .