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	<title>Comments on: 100 Days of Pat Rabbitte in Office</title>
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		<title>By: JohnMac</title>
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		<description>This 100 days thing is just waffle and spin on their manifesto.  Some of this is not really achievable in 100 days or if it is it isn&#039;t really doing anything.

1. Cancel all plans for superprivate clinics.
- OK that could be done.

2. Instruct the HSE to identify locations for additional hospital beds.
- It&#039;s easy to &quot;instruct&quot; but don&#039;t think the job will be done in 100 days

3. Appoint a Director to roll-out a programme to deliver pre-school education, based in the Office of the Minster for Children.
- I assume they will have no problem finding someone to take up a highly paid civil service job but will they have a job spec, office, staff etc in place in 100 days.

4. Instruct the Garda commissioner to implement the civilianization programme and begin deployment of 1,000 additional community Gardai.
- Can you train 1000 Gardai in 100 days?

5. Make a Government decision that the means test for carers will be abolished in our first budget and Social Welfare Bill.
- It&#039;s easy to make a &quot;decision&quot; but don&#039;t think the anything real will be done in 100 days

6. Instruct the National Treasury Management Agency to establish a fund for the ‘Begin to Buy Scheme’.
- It&#039;s easy to &quot;instruct&quot; but don&#039;t think the job will be done in 100 days


7. Create a Department of Energy, Climate Change and the Environment. announced in energy policy
- OK that can be done because I think it is really just a name change with some small movements of staff around departments.

8. Publish a Bill to set the 0.7% of GNP ODA target in law.  
- That can be done

9. Instruct Dublin Bus to order first tranche of new buses.
- It&#039;s easy to &quot;instruct&quot; but don&#039;t think the job will be done in 100 days.  


10. Double capitation fees for primary schools for 2007/2008 school year.
- The School year 2007/2008 is more than 100 days after the election unless they plan to drag out of the coalition negotiations with Fianna Fail.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This 100 days thing is just waffle and spin on their manifesto.  Some of this is not really achievable in 100 days or if it is it isn&#8217;t really doing anything.</p>
<p>1. Cancel all plans for superprivate clinics.<br />
- OK that could be done.</p>
<p>2. Instruct the HSE to identify locations for additional hospital beds.<br />
- It&#8217;s easy to &#8220;instruct&#8221; but don&#8217;t think the job will be done in 100 days</p>
<p>3. Appoint a Director to roll-out a programme to deliver pre-school education, based in the Office of the Minster for Children.<br />
- I assume they will have no problem finding someone to take up a highly paid civil service job but will they have a job spec, office, staff etc in place in 100 days.</p>
<p>4. Instruct the Garda commissioner to implement the civilianization programme and begin deployment of 1,000 additional community Gardai.<br />
- Can you train 1000 Gardai in 100 days?</p>
<p>5. Make a Government decision that the means test for carers will be abolished in our first budget and Social Welfare Bill.<br />
- It&#8217;s easy to make a &#8220;decision&#8221; but don&#8217;t think the anything real will be done in 100 days</p>
<p>6. Instruct the National Treasury Management Agency to establish a fund for the ‘Begin to Buy Scheme’.<br />
- It&#8217;s easy to &#8220;instruct&#8221; but don&#8217;t think the job will be done in 100 days</p>
<p>7. Create a Department of Energy, Climate Change and the Environment. announced in energy policy<br />
- OK that can be done because I think it is really just a name change with some small movements of staff around departments.</p>
<p>8. Publish a Bill to set the 0.7% of GNP ODA target in law.<br />
- That can be done</p>
<p>9. Instruct Dublin Bus to order first tranche of new buses.<br />
- It&#8217;s easy to &#8220;instruct&#8221; but don&#8217;t think the job will be done in 100 days.  </p>
<p>10. Double capitation fees for primary schools for 2007/2008 school year.<br />
- The School year 2007/2008 is more than 100 days after the election unless they plan to drag out of the coalition negotiations with Fianna Fail.</p>
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