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

That is an outrageous assertion. We established the council back then. I believe passionately in the idea of an independent fiscal advisory council. I respect the outcomes of the council's deliberations. That is democracy. Any suggestion that there is an attempt to undermine the council is outrageous, ill-founded and wrong.

I looked at Sinn Féin's budget proposals. I recall that its response to the energy crisis last year was the Liz Truss response. We saw what that did to the British economy.

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