Election pledge fulfilment under minority government

Rory Costello; Alice Sheridan; Duncan Casey

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-66405-3_2

Election pledge fulfilment under minority government

Rory Costello, Alice Sheridan, Duncan Casey

Dept. of Politics & Public Administration

University of Limerick

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This chapter explores the pledges made by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil at the 2016 election, measures how far these were implemented and also aims to explain why some were fulfilled and other were not. Fine Gael did fulfil more pledges, but Fianna Fáil also realised some key commitments, including some not promised by Fine Gael. Overall, the degree of pledge enactment in this minority government was similar to that by parties in a coalition in previous years, but Fine Gael did make a lot of promises which were discarded as it entered government, suggesting they may never have been serious priorities to begin with.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	How Ireland Voted 2020
Subtitle of host publication	The End of an Era
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	23-40
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030664053
ISBN (Print)	9783030664046
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66405-3_2
Publication status	Published - 10 Jun 2021

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