TK Whitaker

Question 1

What did he do in 1934

Answer 1

Civil service

Question 2

What was he appointed in 1939

And what was happening

Answer 2

Appointed secretary of the department of finance

Ireland was at the point of collapse

Question 3

What report did he produce

Answer 3

The most important economic development

Question 4

What did Whitaker say Ireland needed for the economy to improve

Answer 4

Long term initiatives

Question 5

What idea did he promote

Answer 5

Abandoning Ireland’s protectionist policy in favour of free trade

Question 6

What happened to the Irish economy under Whitaker’s initiatives

Answer 6

Began to grow

Question 7

What did economic development form the basis of

Answer 7

The First Programme for Economic Expansion

Question 8

What measures was le mass reluctant to implement

Answer 8

Reduce spending in non productive areas such as social housing

Question 9

During Whitaker’s time as head of the department of finance what did do

Answer 9

Help Ireland emerge from a period of economic isolation

Question 10

What role did Whitaker play in relations

Answer 10

Whitaker played a role in developing relations between the North and South

Question 11

What did he help st up

Answer 11

A meeting between Sean lemass (Taoiseach) and Terence O Neil (Northern Ireland prime minister)

Question 12

Who was the Northern Irish prime minister

Answer 12

Terence O Neil

Question 13

What did he go on to be after working in civil service

Answer 13

Political adviser to Taoiseach Jack Lynch

Question 14

What did he do during the troubles

Answer 14

Encouraged Lynch to follow a more proportional approach

Question 15

What did Whitaker play an important role in

Answer 15

Ireland becoming a member of the EEC

Question 16

Why did he believe Ireland needed to be a member of theEEC

Answer 16

Because he believed Ireland would suffer if it remained outside the EEC. Particularly if Britain were a member

Question 17

What he go to do after government

Answer 17

Became governor of the central bank

Went on to be an independent senator

Question 18

When born + where

Answer 18

Co Down 1916

Question 19

What was Whitaker critical of

Answer 19

The current and previous efforts to deal with economy

Question 20

What did Whitaker call for

Answer 20

1 government investment in beneficial sectors
2 government need to encourage agricultural and industrial output
3 Modernise there methods

Question 21

What did Whitaker have his department do

Answer 21

Carry out an extensive review of Ireland’s economic situation

Question 22

What recommendations were made by the First Programme for Economic Expansion

Answer 22

1 Encourage foreign investment
2 Limit protectionism and free trade
3 Increase government spending on productive investment
4 Set target of 2% economic growth over a five year period

Question 23

What was the purpose of economic development

Answer 23

To highlight the sectors that would offer the best potential for economic growth if they received adequate investment