Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

They were costed. A stimulus package was put forward, which used the Department of Finance's model at the time. I and my party accept that things have moved on since then. However, at the time it was put forward based on figures presented by the previous Government. This Government has continued the policy of Fianna Fáil and has committed to the black hole of the banks some of the money we identified as being useful to create a jobs stimulus package. This means for us as a party and for society as a whole that we must find another source of funding because the money that could have been usefully used-----

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