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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Alan Dukes notableWork Tallaght Strategy