Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance
Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Committee Stage
2:00 pm
Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The people, in a referendum, accepted the stability treaty on 31 May. Any amendment that would allow the Government to choose not to abide by the fiscal rules would run counter to a decision of the people. Consequently, it is the Deputy's amendments that are anti-democratic, rather than the position being taken in the section.