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Proposals:
Meeting Ireland's Energy Needs
Ireland has the highest electricity prices in Europe and our gas prices are also well above the EU average. Ireland is also more dependent on fossil fuels than almost any other EU country and we import the vast majority of our fuel requirements. We are therefore very vulnerable to international en
Environment
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Wed, 18/03/2009 - 01:38
The primary purpose of the citizens' consultations should be to overcome the barriers which divide the citizens from the decisions that affect their lives. The Oireachtas has made plans to improve its scrutiny of EU decisions but so far the results have not been apparent. The current economic cris
Wed, 18/03/2009 - 01:30
Any discussion of globalisation must look at the effects on rural communities in both the developed and the developing world. The Doha Round is the opportunity for the developed world to offer fair trade to agriculture in the developing world. This must be a sustainable form of agriculture which r
Fri, 27/02/2009 - 00:24
The Lisbon Agenda was framed in a very different era and, while it expressed laudable objectives, it is difficult to attribute much success to its implementation.
The basic aim is still valid: to become the most competitive knowledge-based economy in the world.
There are two basic strategies
Fri, 27/02/2009 - 00:06
As I explained in an earlier comment, financial regulation is a key issue in responding to the current economic crisis.
A high-level group, led by a former Head of the IMF, has produced a report on EU-wide financial regulation. It seems to stop short of calling for a single EU regulator, appare
Mon, 22/12/2008 - 09:15
It is clear that the financial system led us into the current crisis. There was a combination of very loose credit, with interests rates at historic lows, and sophisticated products which were supposed to eliminate risk were actuallly repackaging the riskiest loans and spreading them throughout the
