Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Doherty is so busy trying to devise a budget that brings together all the figures that cannot be added up and involves going against the advice and warnings many are giving regarding overheating our economy and not creating new risks tomorrow that he is busy over there imagining U-turns that have not happened. What I have done at all points is acknowledge that there is not an easy or simple solution to some of the challenges that households and businesses are facing.

The Deputy pointed to my record as the Minister for Finance.

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