Thoughts for the new government

No more than 3 TDs per county, less for the smaller counties. Salaries to be cut by 50%.

All Junior ministries to be abolished . Set up (another) comission to go through the Public service and weed out the dross, which is not to say the lower level front-line staff , but the appalling duplication at the mid and higher management level. This should be done in a 3 month time

frame .

I know this sounds like turkeys voting for Christmas , but this must be done to start to rebuild the trust of the people , not to mind the respect of the people !

There is also an argument that because of the fall in the cost of living , a similar % cut in welfare is fair.This is turkeys voting for Christmas , as I am on a State pension myself!

The Spirit of Ireland project should be re-visited and encouraged actively by the incoming

Government, with the resultant creation of thousands of jobs , and self - sufficiency , or even exporting of energy.