Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The answer to Deputy Gerry Adam's question is that I do not intend to call a general election until it is appropriate to do so. The Government was given a mandate by the people to fix the public finances and get the country back working. I hope that when the Deputy is attending meetings around the country and asked how he proposes to pay for all these facilities, he will respond by saying he intends to increase income taxes and commercial rates and to talk to Deputy Paul Murphy about financial transaction taxes, corporation taxes, wealth taxes and everything else, apart from providing the services to which the people are entitled. That is what we are going to do; we are going to fulfil the mandate given to us by the people who in due course will have the answer as to whether we have sorted out the public finances and got people back to work.

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