Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil ‘on track’ to strike government deal by January 22nd
How the State currently cares for some of the most vulnerable in society, like at-risk children, people with disabilities and the elderly, is not good enough, Taoiseachleader said the next government needed to make significant progress improving care services in the country as he was “not satisfied that we have got it right”. Part of the problem was the amount of bureaucracy and silos in the public service, as well as a lack of funding.
It had not been decided yet if that meant the International Protection Accommodation Service would be moved back into the Department of Justice, he said.were “on track” to agree a new coalition deal to form a government – likely with a group of Independent TDs – by the time the Dáil resumed on January 22nd, Mr Harris said. “It is highly likely there will be a new government formed next month.
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, whose Civil War rivalry for decades defined Irish politics, were now comfortable governing together, the Wicklow TD said. “Lots of people I think went out and voted for a continuation of a government of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil working together. I met people who probably for the first time in their life voted Fine Gael and transferred to Fianna Fáil.”
Three weeks on from the general election where Fine Gael finished behind Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin, Mr Harris is positive about how his party did. “There were 26 constituencies in Ireland where on polling day there wasn’t an outgoing Fine Gael TD on the ballot. Eighteen Fine Gael TDs had retired for a whole variety of reasons. We go into 2025 in a good place, everybody in the parliamentary party wanting to be there, nobody in the parliamentary party planning their retirement.
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