Speaking to the Irish Mirror, Mr Shatter joked that he has been advised to tell voters he has “an aspiration to get into the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest comeback kid in politics”
Alan Shatter has slated how the Government is handling the justice and defence briefs as he argued there is a “failure to ensure that issues of law and order are adequately addressed”.
In the last year, he said, he was approached by constituents “urging” him to run for election because they were “disillusioned with aspects of government policy” but were “not prone to supporting Sinn Fein”. He argued that during the financial crash, the Troika sought to reduce the strength of the Defence Forces from 9,500 to 7,500 and the Gardaí from 13,700 to 12,000, but these calls were resisted. Despite a rising population, there are now 7,426 permanent Defence personnel and 14,058 Gardaí.He said: “There's a massive problem of shoplifting within Dublin city and county.
One of the main elements of his campaign will be to abolish the tax, saying that Finance Minister Jack Chambers did not go far enough in Budget 2025 by “tinkering” with the thresholds. Mr Shatter said this does involve inheritance tax, but also “grossly inadequate” ambulance and emergency health services. He argued older people are “terrified of going to A&E” due to pressure on services that are “understaffed.”
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