New model for fiscal rectitude

MUCH media coverage recently has been dedicated to the pointless political stunt of abolishing Seanad Éireann. This is a stunt which would not meaningfully help the public finances or genuinely reform politics.

Therefore I would like to propose a constitutional amendment that would radically reform how we treat our public finances in Ireland.

The amendment could be approved now by referendum to come into effect from 2012, for example.

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