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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish political initiative
ⓘ
economic policy strategy ⓘ |
| announcedBy | Alan Dukes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| announcedIn | Tallaght NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPartyLeaderRole | Leader of the Opposition GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Alan Dukes, leader of Fine Gael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | bipartisan support for economic reform ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryContext | Republic of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oppositionPartyRole | parliamentary opposition ⓘ |
| oppositionStance | constructive opposition ⓘ |
| policyArea |
economic policy
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fiscal policy ⓘ public finance stabilization ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
cross-party cooperation
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minority government ⓘ |
| principle | support for necessary economic reforms regardless of party advantage ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Alan Dukes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
cross-party economic consensus in late 1980s Ireland
ⓘ
fiscal consolidation in Ireland ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Fine Gael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedGovernment | Fianna Fáil minority government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedTaoiseach | Charles Haughey GENERATED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 27th Dáil era ⓘ |
| typeOfCooperation | confidence-and-supply style support on economic issues ⓘ |
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