Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)

Does the Minister agree that the sale of public assets which have been built up over generations of investment by taxpayers into leading successful entities, both economically and socially, would represent not only a very short-sighted approach but have disastrous consequences for workers and for the provision of services? Is the Minister prepared to resist the more radical proposals in the McCarthy report that favour extensive sales of assets and the preparation of key companies for eventual privatisation, in whole or in part?

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