Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Thank you, Chair. You're very welcome, Taoiseach and Minister. Taoiseach, in your witness statement, you state as evidence, as you put it, that Fine Gael opposed the main strands of Government economic policy, that Fine Gael voted against the budgets between 2002 and 2007. I have to put it to you Taoiseach: is it not the case that Fine Gael voted against those budgets, not because you were arguing that the Government was spending too much money but because Fine Gael was arguing that Government was not spending enough money on different areas in public services?