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What's Varadkar up to?

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  • #32
    Godge
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    Jep Gambardella wrote: »
    Surely some in FG must be thinking of Ned Stark in Game of Thrones. "The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword", i.e. if FF want water charges gone, then they should be the ones to do it.

    Ned Stark didn't last too long with that approach to things.


  • #33
    Godge
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    micosoft wrote: »
    Well there seems to be an odd idea that Irish Water is off the agenda permanently with this deal. Taking water charges off the table is simply pushing the problem down the line and not particularly far either. When the EU starts to fine us in a years time and major problems arise with the Dublin water supply in particular this will become a massive topic again. Varadkar wants to be able to say in two years time "I told you so". It could be a clever move if the electorate feel they were sold a pup by FF and others.

    If the independent commission concludes that a national utility of some kind and metered charges of some variety are the way to go (and it is difficult to see how they can conclude otherwise), then Leo will be able to say "I told you so".


  • #34
    Chips Lovell
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    More trying to keep one foot inside the tent and one out from Varadkar:
    Sources disclosed that Minister for Finance Michael Noonan was drafted in to deal with Mr Halligan because Minster for Health Leo Varadkar was uncomfortable with the nature of some of Mr Halligan’s request.

    Mr Varadkar has previously expressed unease about doing constituency deals with health services, although Mr Halligan has insisted his requests will benefit the entire south east region.


  • #35
    K-9
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    In fairness that was interference in his own patch, can't blame him on that one.
    Seens Enda is keeping him in health, the longer he is there the harder it will be to blame previous ministers.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



  • #36
    Mr.Nice Guy
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    captainspeed wrote: »
    Hopefully the EU will put them back in their box in relation to water charges. My understanding of the EU's WFD is that we have to have metered charges - as in we can't just get rid of them because it suits the political agenda.

    The past week has shown that 'new' FF is exactly the same as the old FF, and also just how lucky we should consider ourselves to be in having so much EU oversight, because we're utterly incapable of Governing ourselves.

    I'm so glad we have the EU fiscal compact because otherwise spending would be gone off the rails now in an attempt to buy the electorate with all kinds of vanity and populist projects.

    I don't know what I find more nauseous, this post advocating the EU override the wishes of the majority of Irish people, or the four people that thanked it.


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