Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

During Deputy Phil Hogan's term as spokesman on enterprise, he specialised in graphic descriptions of how the latest announcement of pressures on a company would quickly be followed by dramatic declines in employment throughout the economy. It is already clear that Deputy Varadkar intends following this lead and is working hard to make Deputy Hogan look restrained and constructive in comparison.

Fine Gael continues to demand debates but regularly shouts down Ministers when they reply. There remains not the slightest sign of Fine Gael being willing to take a policy stance which would upset any substantial interest group or to adopt a detailed fiscal policy.

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