Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 July 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Nexus Phase

Photo of Enda KennyEnda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Well, they were outlined in the programme itself. But we were consistent in our criticism of the lack of scrutiny from social partnership, in the directions that were given by, for instance, Finance in respect of benchmarking, the lack of scrutiny in terms of major infrastructure projects which overran seriously, and the wastage in public expenditure. So we wanted our tax position to be well focused but to get back to a point where you were going to have growth in your economy, which would create jobs and as a consequence, allow for services to be spread throughout the country, particularly to the most vulnerable. And we've mentioned issues like the disabled or the medical cards or those who were in vulnerable positions.

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