Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is true that fiscal consolidation has been important and unavoidable. Those parties which like to pretend that all hard decisions could have been avoided are as dishonest as those who pretend that they have had no impact. In his claims about bringing the budget under control the Taoiseach, of course, again refused to acknowledge that two thirds of the required measures were brought into law before he came to office. As I stated earlier, he also failed to mention that he voted against the bulk of measures for which today he is trying to claim credit.

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