Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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Going back to the exchange between Deputy Pat Rabbitte and the Chairman, one of the concerns I have is that sometimes actors on the right figure they own fiscal responsibility. Is it not the case, in fact, that fiscal responsibility is neither a right nor a left issue but is about paying for the services we deliver in a sustainable fashion? We can have small government and small taxes which end up being fiscally responsible in some ways, but, by the same token, larger government, greater public service delivery and higher taxation, as long as they are balanced in the long run, can also be fiscally responsible. Neither side can claim ownership of fiscal responsibility.