Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Kevin Cardiff, in his witness statement, said that the National Recovery Plan 2011-2014 was finalised in time to be the main influence on major parts of the programme of assistance, and that the troika partners were happy to accept the four-year plan that had been developed in Ireland and to build on it. Can you elaborate on the substantive differences, if any, between the troika's position in the negotiations and the provisions within the national recovery plan?