Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

For our part, the path we have adopted to address the issue of budgetary sustainability has been backed by international organisations such as the Commission, the OECD and the International Monetary Fund. To take the apparently softer path of delaying actions as advocated by some would also mean that confidence would be lost both domestically and internationally in our ability to manage our economic affairs.

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