Dáil debates

Tuesday, 9 June 2009

Confidence in Government: Motion

 

6:00 pm

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

This is how a party can announce it wants to cut the public service pay bill and then send its leader to a union conference during a general election to promise members more money and positions. This is also how we have the cynical game of Deputy Bruton posing as the champion of fiscal restraint while all around his colleagues demand extra spending.

We have been hearing speeches about the need for new Government but it would be nice if we could hear some specifics about what exactly this new Government would do. In recent weeks we have seen the Labour Party and Fine Gael try to distance themselves from each other. They have taken very different approaches to fundamental economic and fiscal issues.

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