Seanad debates

Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Fischler Proposals for Agriculture: Motion.

 

10:30 am

Photo of Timmy DooleyTimmy Dooley (Fianna Fail)

The debate would have shown the country and the European Union that Ireland stands firmly behind one of the most competent Ministers on the European stage as he negotiates on our behalf. The future of Irish agriculture depends on the negotiating skills of the three Ministers who have been with us tonight. It would have been nice to see support across the House but, as Senator Dardis said, this redundant amendment was tabled as a purely political exercise.

I remind Senator Burke of 1987, a watershed in the economy of the State. It saw the end of a Fine Gael-led Government that more than doubled the national debt to €26 billion in four years in office.

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