Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

That is a fact. I join with other colleagues in requesting confirmation that we will have the opportunity to address properly the content of the IMF and OECD reports and that both will be accommodated. It should be happening today but is not on the Order Paper. What we need is confirmation that we will have a thorough opportunity in the coming week to address both reports and that this Government will step up to the mark in terms of its responsibility for the plight it has imposed on the lives of ordinary citizens up, down and across the State.

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