Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is interesting that on 15 December Ireland will have exited the troika agreement. Despite everything the Minister and his party said about what Fianna Fáil had committed to in the sale of State assets as part of the three year programme, he has now confirmed that the troika will have left without any proceeds being received from the sale of State assets. Much and all as he tried to blacken us with the claim that we had tried to include the lottery licence in the sale of State assets, we never committed to it in the original memorandum of understanding. Now that the troika has left these shores, he is embarking on the sale of State assets to produce funds for the Exchequer in 2014, 2015 and 2016. It was never part of the three year programme while the troika was here. No funds were received from the sale of State assets during these three years, but the first sale will happen after the troika departs. The Government is in now complete control of State assets, but it will be selling them.

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