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09th Feb 2011

General Election 2011: Ask the TDs

In the run up to voting on 25 February we've some burning questions we want answers to, and we've asked some of our elected representatives to give us answers.

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In the run up to voting on 25 February we’ve some burning questions we want answers to, and we’ve asked some of our elected representatives to give us those answers.

Here at JOE Towers there are a number of issues that have been bothering us, so we decided to contact the political parties and find out what they have to say.

We’ve created a virtual panel of TDs picked from across the country and across the political spectrum, and each week we’ll be putting one question to all of them and printing their unedited responses.

Our panel consists of the following Deputies:

For Fianna Fáil: Dara Calleary, TD for Mayo
For Fine Gael: Damien English, TD for Meath West
For Labour: Ciarán Lynch, TD for Cork South Central
For Sinn Féin: Pearse Doherty, TD for Donegal South

Question No.1:

“What would you do, and do quickly, to stop the flood of young bright Irish men leaving our shores? Does it really make a difference which party leads the government, as many of these young men have lost faith in Ireland and can’t see a reason to stay, let alone stay and vote?”

 

You can read the response of Fianna Fáil’s Dara Calleary here.

You can read the response of Fine Gael’s Damien English here.

You can read the response of Labour’s Ciarán Lynch here.

You can read the response of Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty here.

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