Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The long list of issues which the Taoiseach and Tánaiste have sought to claim credit for in their speeches is yet more of the same.

As the OECD recently reported, the overwhelming reason for improvements in the economy has been a combination of international circumstances and the long-term strengths of the Irish economy, particularly the skills of our people. Public finances have benefited from a series of major changes in European Union policies, particularly interest rate cuts negotiated by other countries and extended automatically to Ireland. The OECD, in a report requested by the Government, exposed the spin when it said-----

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