Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We are just weeks away from what may be the hardest budget in the entire recovery from our economic collapse. The Taoiseach will be aware that the ex-IMF mission chief to Ireland, Professor Ashoka Mody, made a compelling case on "Prime Time" last night that the austerity drive should be relaxed, at least temporarily, to give the economy a boost in the arm.

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