Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)

If we are to address the underlying challenges facing the people, let us have an honest debate here. We all know we need a budget adjustment over the next four years of approximately €14 billion and this is the first instalment of €6 billion. I accept it will very difficult on the people, but if anybody can show me an easier path out the difficulties in which we find ourselves, I will gladly take it on board. Unfortunately to date we have heard polar opposite views from the Opposition. The potential Fine Gael-Labour coalition should be called the Fine Gael-Labour collision because they are on a collision course on everything discussed in this House and yet they claim a coherent story is coming from the Opposition.

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