Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

What is happening here later today is really a costly side show to the main event, which is that, in the next few months, the Taoiseach's Government will screw down every taxpayer, small business and hard-working family in this country to pay for the wanton waste of his party in government over the past number of years.

What explanation can the Taoiseach give for leading the country to this economic cliff face? What explanation does he have for turning a €6 billion surplus into a €15 billion deficit in the space of two years and for the fact that, on published data, this country is now the only one in Europe in recession?

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