Tallaght Strategy

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Tallaght Strategy was a late-1980s Irish political initiative in which opposition leader Alan Dukes pledged his party’s support for the minority government’s economic reforms to stabilize the country’s finances.

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instanceOf Irish political initiative ⓘ
economic policy strategy ⓘ
announcedBy Alan Dukes ⓘ
announcedIn Tallaght ⓘ
associatedWithPartyLeaderRole Leader of the Opposition ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Alan Dukes, leader of Fine Gael ⓘ
linked to: Leader of Fine Gael
characterizedAs bipartisan support for economic reform ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
countryContext Republic of Ireland ⓘ
decade late 1980s ⓘ
effect facilitated passage of fiscal consolidation measures ⓘ
reduced partisan conflict on economic policy ⓘ
goal reduce public debt ⓘ
restore economic stability ⓘ
stabilize Ireland’s public finances ⓘ
historicalSignificance example of opposition backing government austerity measures ⓘ
inception 1987 ⓘ
influencedBy Ireland’s fiscal crisis of the 1980s ⓘ
legislativeFocus budgetary measures ⓘ
fiscal adjustment measures ⓘ
namedAfter Tallaght, a suburb of Dublin ⓘ
linked to: Tallaght
oppositionPartyRole parliamentary opposition ⓘ
oppositionStance constructive opposition ⓘ
policyArea economic policy ⓘ
fiscal policy ⓘ
public finance stabilization ⓘ
politicalContext cross-party cooperation ⓘ
minority government ⓘ
principle support for necessary economic reforms regardless of party advantage ⓘ
proposedBy Alan Dukes ⓘ
relatedConcept cross-party economic consensus in late 1980s Ireland ⓘ
fiscal consolidation in Ireland ⓘ
supportedBy Fine Gael ⓘ
supportedGovernment Fianna Fáil minority government ⓘ
supportedTaoiseach Charles Haughey ⓘ
timePeriod 27th Dáil era ⓘ
typeOfCooperation confidence-and-supply style support on economic issues ⓘ

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