Dáil debates
Thursday, 6 December 2007
Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed)
6:00 pm
Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)
The Fine Gael spokesperson spoke about this as the worst deterioration in the public finances. The problem is that nobody believes him. The worst deterioration in the public finances was when the national debt doubled from what was then measured as £12.7 billion in December 1982 to £25 billion in March 1987.
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