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McCreevy was then heavily criticised in the European Parliament by the leader of the Socialist group in the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, who demanded on 17 June 2008 that Charlie McCreevy be removed from his post of EU commissioner.
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McCreevy and was
On 1 October 1982, another challenge to Haughey was initiated by the Kildare TD, Charlie McCreevy.
Born in Sallins, County Kildare, McCreevy was educated locally at Naas CBS and at the fee paying Gormanston Franciscan College.
His family background was modest ( his father – and ancestors since the late 18th century – was a lock-keeper on the Grand Canal, a job carried on by his mother after the death of his father when McCreevy was four years old ).
In an open ballot and supported by only 21 of his 79 colleagues ( known as the " Gang of 22 "), the motion failed and McCreevy was temporarily expelled from the parliamentary party.
In 1992, Albert Reynolds became Taoiseach and McCreevy was appointed Minister for Social Welfare.
In opposition, and under new Fianna Fáil leader Bertie Ahern, McCreevy was named to the Front Bench as Spokesman for Finance.
McCreevy was a consistent advocate of cutting taxes and spending.
In 2004, McCreevy was selected by the Government to replace David Byrne as Ireland's European Commissioner.
In 2008 McCreevy was a supporter of attempts to introduce software patents in the European Union.
Following his departure from the Commission, McCreevy was forced to resign from the board of a new banking firm, NBNK Investments, after an EU ethics committee found a conflict of interest with his work as commissioner in charge of financial regulation.
McCreevy was not alone in this ; it was reported that Brian Cowen, the Taoiseach ( Prime Minister ) at the time, had not read all of the Treaty.
He was also said to be in the running for the position of Irish European Commissioner, however, that post went to the then Minister for Finance, Charlie McCreevy.
Gibbons regained his seat at the February 1982 general election and voted against Haughey in the leadership challenge that was proposed by Charlie McCreevy.
However, many considered these and other similar cutbacks to have been forced upon her by Charlie McCreevy – who was Minister for Finance at the time, and who was blamed for many of his decisions.
A December 2008 interview with Irish European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy was the subject of news stories and other commentary in a number of Irish based newspapers, including the Irish Independent, the Irish Star, the Irish Mirror, The Sun, the Irish Mail, the Mail On Sunday and The Irish Times and was covered extensively on radio, on RTÉ News and in other television including TV3's The Political Party.
McCreevy also revealed that he was pro-choice when it came to matters of abortion.
As McCreevy was a Fianna Fáil member, that party had the responsibility of deciding when the by-election should take place.
Charlie McCreevy, the Fianna Fáil TD for Kildare North, resigned from the Dáil in November 2004 when he was appointed as a European Commissioner.
McCreevy and then
Between the years of 2000 and 2003 the then Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy boosted public spending by 48 % while cutting income tax.
Former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald has attributed Ireland's dire economic state in 2009, on a series of " calamitous " government policy errors by the then Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy, who between the years of 2000 and 2003, boosted public spending by 48pc while cutting income tax.
McCreevy and European
McCreevy also prompted warnings from the European Commission, who claimed that his £ 2 billion tax giveaway in 2000 would be inflationary, and harmful to the Irish economy.
* 20 July – The Minister for Finance, Charlie McCreevy, is appointed as Ireland's next European Commissioner.
* 30 September — Charlie McCreevy, former Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister, European Commissioner.
Prominent Fianna Fáil members who were members of the Cumann include former European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy, previous Irish government ministers Dick Roche and Mary Coughlan, Clare TD Timmy Dooley and RTÉ presenter Ryan Tubridy.
MEP Francis Wurtz ( European United Left-Nordic Green Left ) declared to L ' Humanité that, as European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy ( who had succeeded Bolkestein ) had pointed out, the European Court of Justice jurisprudence systematically favoured the " country of origin principle ".
On July 12, 2006, Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, said " the European Patent Litigation Agreement is seen as a promising route towards more unitary jurisdiction " while closing the abovementioned public hearing on future patent policy in Europe.
On 31 October 2004, the Teachta Dála ( TD ) for Kildare North, Charlie McCreevy, officially resigned as a member of Dáil Éireann to take up his new position as a European Commissioner.
McCreevy and by
In October 1982 McCreevy launched a motion of no-confidence in the party leader, which evolved into a leadership challenge by Desmond O ' Malley.
He continued in that role until replaced as Ireland's Commissioner by Charlie McCreevy in 2004.
The interview, conducted once again by Jason O ' Toole ( on this occasion in Brussels ), had McCreevy say that Ireland's decision to reject the Lisbon Treaty had to be respected by the rest of Europe.
McCreevy and leader
Although considered ideologically close to the PDs, and a personal friend of its erstwhile leader, Mary Harney, McCreevy chose to remain a member of Fianna Fáil, where he would eventually serve in joint FF-PD Governments.
For his first 15 years as TD, while Haughey remained leader, McCreevy remained a backbencher.
Other famous examples of catch all parties include the Republic of Ireland's Fianna Fáil, which has variously been categorised as socialist ( according to former deputy leader Brian Lenihan ) and neo-Thatcherite / neo-Reaganite, a description applied to the economic policies and politics of former Minister for Finance ( 1997 – 2004 ) Charles McCreevy.
McCreevy and Martin
In October 1982, following the resignations of Martin O ' Donoghue and Desmond O ' Malley from the Cabinet, after they supported Charlie McCreevy ’ s motion of no confidence, Gallagher returned as Minister for the Gaeltacht.
McCreevy and Schulz
Schulz slightly misquoted Mr McCreevy, however, saying that he had contributed to Ireland's rejection of the Lisbon Treaty with remarks during the referendum campaign that no " sane person " would read the document.
McCreevy and who
In the December 1979 Fianna Fáil leadership contest, McCreevy strongly supported the controversial Charles Haughey who narrowly won the post.
McCreevy has sided with the major record labels who are trying to extend a fifty year copyright exemption to ninety five years.
McCreevy and on
In October 2007 McCreevy, commenting on the Northern Rock Bank's loss of investor confidence, claimed that banking regulations in England which forces banks to be open to scrutiny from outside investors, caused the panic.
Other opponents of Haughey, such as Charlie McCreevy, would have to wait on the Fianna Fáil backbenches until the end of Haughey's political career in 1992 before being appointed as ministers.
McCreevy and Charlie
The issue of his leadership cropped up again when in October the backbench TD, Charlie McCreevy, put down a motion of no-confidence in Haughey.
Reynolds promoted several long running critics of Haughey, like David Andrews, Séamus Brennan, and Charlie McCreevy into senior ministerial positions.
Charles " Charlie " McCreevy ( born 30 September 1949 ) is a former Irish politician.
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Following the departure of Charlie McCreevy in September 2004, Cowen became Minister for Finance.
Former Irish finance minister Charlie McCreevy succeeded him as Commissioner for the Internal Market.
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