Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)

Those in government tell us that the logic of this inheritance is that it is left with no option. If the Government has no options, the question to be asked is why did the Government parties make concrete commitments in their election manifestos? I do not believe those who work within the commercial semi-State sector accept that there are no options. It is clear that the Government has actively chosen to pursue the route of the last Government which it so energetically criticised.

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