Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The people changed the Government last year. Unfortunately, they could not change the economy. We are fixing the broken economy that was left to us by the previous Government. We will fix it in our five-year term. I know the Deputy and his colleagues will not be of any help. Last year, we received their pre-budget submission the day before the budget, which was a most helpful input into the analysis of what should be done. The stimulus package we have published was hard-fought and hard-won when we negotiated it. It is being funded by the sale of State assets. According to the agreement that the Deputy's party agreed with the troika, every shilling from the sale of State assets would have to be used to pay down debt. We have-----

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