Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

Very clearly, this will be a budget based on the IMF-EU sell-out deal and on a four year plan that seeks to tie the Irish people to an economic strategy which is doomed from the outset. Clearly, the situation is that the Taoiseach's Government is on a life support machine, courtesy of Deputies Healy-Rae and Lowry. When will the Taoiseach declare the detail of any agreement made with these Deputies, who are present today to save his hide and to impose-----

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