Tax and Spend – Committed to 4 year national recovery plan to bring deficit to below 3 per cent by 2014.
Jobs – Creating education and training opportunities development of Ireland as global tech and agri leader, and job creation through public investment
The banks – As present; downsizing under EU-IMF plan to reduce overall size of banking system
The bailout – Insists changing the terms of the bailout will not be as easy as the Opposition suggests, but is working to restructure the EU portion.
Homeowners – Code of Conduct for lenders, which continues moratorium on repossession and creation of Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process to be entered by homeowner and lender
Political reform – Forcing ministers to quit as TDs, and ability to appoint ministers from outside Oireachtas; ban on corporate donations.
Public sector reform – Reduce staffing levels by 8%, allow for greater transfer between departmental boundaries, reform practices along lines of private sector to provide efficiency
Environment – Establishment of ‘Green ISFC’
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