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RENUA HAS REJECTED claims that it has been ripping off policies previously announced by Fianna Fáil.
Lucinda Creighton’s new political party has put out a number of policy documents in recent weeks in a bid to enhance its credibility in the run-up to the next general election.
At the weekend the Sunday Times reported on claims by Fianna Fáil’s Dara Calleary that two of these policy documents - on public procurement and the treatment of small businesses – were almost identical to his own party’s proposals in these areas.
But speaking outside Leinster House today, Renua’s deputy leader Billy Timmins shot back at Calleary.
Having been part of the construct of the last policies, and worked with some of our volunteers and staff on them, we actually weren’t even aware that Fianna Fáil actually had a policy in these areas.
The Wicklow TD was speaking at the launch of a Renua policy on reforming the budgetary process.
Among other things, the party wants to enhance the powers of Oireachtas committees and empower the Fiscal Advisory Council to provide independent costing of other parties’ budget proposals.
Timmins admitted that some of the proposals were not completely new ideas. He added: “Fianna Fáil were in government for a long period of time.
I thought they would have had all their policies implemented. From our point of view we’re quite happy to see any policy, be it ours or others – if we believe it’s progressive – being implemented.
He said other parties are “quite welcome” to take on Renua’s policies and “run with them”.
Later, Timmin said that coalition with Fianna Fáil after the next election is “not out of the question”. He jokingly added:
According to Dara Calleary sure we’re singing off there same hymn sheet, we’re doing a deal with them anyway!
Party leader Lucinda Creighton previously ruled out coalition with Micheál Martin’s party in an interview with TheJournal.ie:
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WTF!
Viable alternative in Irish politics, my hole they are!
I think Loopcinda wants to leave notnua and join Social Democrats
Recycla!
A politician, who found Fine Gael weren’t conservative enough for her, wants to join the most liberal party in Irish politics. Makes sense!
They will jump into bed with FG to make up a government as quick as you can say lucinda wouldn’t trust them as far as I could throw them.
What “new” policies ? … Lucinda is a dyed- in- the- wool Blueblouse and there will be very little difference between her and Enda on policy. She would still be spouting FG spin were it not for her expulsion.
Fine Gael are using Fianna Fail polices and claim they are their own, so it makes complete sense that the Fine Gael reserve squad would do the same.
‘I thought they would have had all their policies implemented. From our point of view we’re quite happy to see any policy, be it ours or others – if we believe it’s progressive – being implemented.’
every time they use the word ‘progressive’ they should be challenged. there is nothing remotely ‘progressive’ about Renua’s overall ideology such as it it is. they are yet another (unnecessary) conservative party in a system that is already clogged up with conservatism.
Renua thinking about possible coalition options? Hahahaha
Brilliant!
Is borderline clinical delusion a pre-requisite to enter Irish politics or is it just a byproduct of all that taxpayer-funded beer at the Dáil bar?
Never believe anything in politics until it has been publicly denied – Otto Von Bismarck
And even then……..
Seriously Who cares anybody in the right state of mind would not vote for these clowns
So they have members that don’t know whether they are going to run and policies they didn’t formalise? Yeah sounds stable and reliable.
kinda like SF without the guns, murder, drug running and rapists….
Kinda like Fine Gael without the history of sending irregulars to fight for fascist dictators. SF don’t have exclusivity on dirty pasts.
Probably. Everything about this “new, young, fresh party” is a rip off of old ideas.
Thought from the picture this might be one of those ‘man who looks like thumb’ stories. How disappointing.
Ah I thought Renua were just ripping off FG policies only.
Bring back the Christian Solidarity Party. Those guys had the right views
Notice how F is the 6th letter and G is the 7th of the alphabet. (On the 6th day the 7th son of a 7th son was born).
Definitely more than meets the eye here and I have cold hard proof
What’s your cold hard proof? Numbers like 6&7? That’s a cool story bro…
I think you should contact lucinda with this vital information as soon as and as many times as is humanly possible.
If you elect clowns you get a circus.
I’m sorry Truth, but you’re no Frank. He was the true master of numbers nobody but his crazy little head could understand.
@Sunshine
If you connect the dots that are not there then you will see is the pathway to heaven but 6 and 7 inverted becomes hell and that’s where the first FG manifesto was written hence the connection to the numbers which if you read them in a different way to anyone else will uneil you the truth of corporate greed hiding in ones sleeve.
Aside from that I would say you are the type of person to show up to a party as a designated driver, and then proceed to tell everyone for the rest of the night about how much you are not drinking and how cool you are. Alas drink rhymes with sink which is exactly what I fell in when I tried to take up tap dancing the other day.
@Jason
Franks dead baby. Franks dead.
Slim pickings out there now I know if you are looking to steal Policies. It’s the party that took the country to it’s knees or the parties that hammered the low and middle income earners and all the most vulnerable in society in order to begin recovery.
They could steal policies from any number of economically stable and progressive democracies in Europe or North America. Instead they steal from a party with a history of economic recklessness and corruption. Says enough.
Fianna Fail have actual policies??
It sound like Billy doesn’t know whether or not they stole “their” policies from the party of Fail.
If these looners ever get in tizn’t rénua we’ll be having but récrua.
State of the three lads in that photo. The bald guy is in the process of farting, the guy in the middle is trying to pretend nothing is happening and the guy on the end is just fecking disgusted.
Sur ff and fg are always taking ideas from other people and claiming them as their own. Thats what they do. The opposition submits a bill in the dail, its rejected by the majority gov, then a few months later the gov submits the same bill, and its passed, and then they tell us how great they are for being resposible for this great initiative they had. They’d do anything for your vote.
just seeing the first two pictures I knew who had penned this article
Though Hugh seems to be a little disillusioned with his great leader recently
Get frank underwood onto this. He will sort it out.
Renua are absolutely nothing new, they will make all kinds of preposterous claims but at the end of the day they are FG lite. I wouldn’t even give them a 10 or 11 preference vote, never forget Lucinda backed FG every step of the way while Austerity tore family’s apart. now she wants those effected to vote for her. not a chance in hell.
In what way did austerity tear families apart?
People loosing their houses, family members self harming what rock have you being living in if you didn’t notice this happening in Ireland?
Hows Eddie getting on?
Are Renua the Real FG or the Continuity FG? I haven’t been able to figure that out yet…
Deluded if they think they are going to be huge elected.
Everyone with sight has recognised them as FG part two.
Seriously who cares? All the parties are minted from the same coin, no difference between them. Hmm who to vote for FF or their mirror image FG or baby FG. Some choice to be honest…..
Renua is a crisis intervention self help group for recovering FGers!
People need to ignore government scoring of new parties, and not be too quick to judge. If attitudes don’t change, we will have the same old idiots taking turns at screwing the country up again and again. We are far from a democratic society with this government constantly telling us how it is going to be whether we like it or not.
What, F.G. Lite, would they do that?
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