I would like to know your views on the Liberalisation of the Postal Service, which is due to happen in January 2011.
Will you work to ensure quality postal services in Ireland and do you recognise the vital role played by An Post in delivering the Universal Service Obligation(USO)?
Will you work to ensure appropiate financial support in order to maintain the USO, but not at a cost to the taxpayer given that An Post is currently run without government support?
Finally, will you demonstrate that postal services should provide important, decent and stable jobs that have to be protected even in times of liberalisation and financial crisis?
Reply from Mary Lou McDonald
2 interested people are waiting for reply
The role of regional and local government
13.05.2009
Question from
I dON´T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU AREN´T STANDING IN THE dUBLIN cENTRAL BYE ELECTION AS THE ORIGINAL IDEA WAS TO HAVE YOU IN FOURTH PLACE OR BETTER FOR 2012 SO A FIFTH PLACE EVEN NOW AND MORE LIKELY THAN BEFORE WOULD CLEARLY INDICATE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE WAY THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ENVISAGED BACK IN 2003 WHEN YOU WERE FIRST CONSIDERED FOR THE SWITCH. MEP´S CAN NOW BE CO-OPTED IF NEED BE AND OYU WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO WIN THE BYE ELECTION BUT IT WOULD BE CRAZY TO REVERSE BACK NOW AND THEN TRY AGAIN LATER.
Reply from Mary Lou McDonald
no reply so far
Jobs
08.05.2009
Question from
First and foremost I want to wish you the best of luck, I am very interested in your policies so will be very curious as to how you answer.
In this current climate, people´s main worries are jobs. I believe that our government are not supporting home grown businesses, therefore we are over reliant on foreign companies who will not locate here because of our phenomenal cost structure, Do you plan to promote Ireland´s economy and it´s workforce? If so, How?
09.05.2009
Reply from Mary Lou McDonald
, A Chara,
Thanks for your good wishes.
I agree that the main priority for people at this time is jobs. The same cannot be said for the Fianna Fail - Green government.
Ireland cannot cut its way out of this recession. What is required is stimulus and measures that bolster ´the real economy´ and jobs
We need proactive interventions to save and create jobs. There is a pressing need to support SMEs and indiginous enterprise - for a start the banks must free up credit to small business.
Sinn Fein has produced a Job retention and creation plan, we were the first political party to do so.
