Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

I am coming to it. Will the Tánaiste acknowledge that her Government is not only surrendering the independence of this Republic to outside agencies like the OECD, but has abdicated leadership to them so that when, and if, hard measures are introduced in the forthcoming budget, instead of accepting responsibility for what it is doing, it will blame agencies and bodies outside this State? Will the Tánaiste tell us, how soon after 9 December, when the budget will be announced, the finance and social welfare Bills will be published? Does she know on what date the Government will-----

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