Madam, – “Events” they say decide the fate of governments. I wonder what category Minister for the Environment John Gormley’s Frog Scheme comes under. The leader of the Green Party just signed a €70,000 deal with Queen’s University, Belfast to count the number of frogs in Ireland. What an utterly pointless waste of money, given that we already know the answer – nine.
They come in two species – The Green TD (six) and the Green unelected Senator (three) – both endangered species. They spend their time hopping from one disaster to another and are more akin to a herd of rabbits caught in the headlights, done down with a heavy dose of myxomatosis.
This is the party that claims to promote a new course of governance, one that does not ply for vested interests.
While some may laugh at the absurdity of the frog scheme, it says a lot about the contemptuous attitude that the Government parties show towards the plight of over 400,000 unemployed people in the country. My advice to Mr Gormley is to take the money and run, because when the people of this country get their chance to pass verdict on this Government and this scheme, the destiny of the nine frogs will be painlessly written and sealed. – Yours, etc.,