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
2:10 pm
Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Amendment No. 3 in the name of Deputy Pearse Doherty has been ruled out of order. Section 4 provides for the mandatory compliance with the debt rule requirement under Article 4 of the treaty. Amendment No. 3 proposes to modify this obligation by proposing that the debt rule be complied with "so long as doing so is conducive to the social and economic development of the State".