Fine Gael will also intervene directly to stop banks from encouraging risky lending in the way they pay senior executives. Bank Levy / Dividends: As banks return to profitability and private ownership, we will target additional contributions from the sector to repay the Irish taxpayer for the cost of the bank bail-outs. Initially, these contributions will be in the form of dividends, but will over time be restructured into an additional bank levy on the types of transient funding sources of the Irish banks that have caused so much instability.
sceptical towards state expenditure on education, for example in favour of study fees or private schools