Seanad debates
Thursday, 29 May 2003
Order of Business.
I am sure the Leader will agree that the OECD is a very reputable international agency and when it reports its findings and makes conclusions about any member country there is a responsibility on that country to respond to those conclusions. I ask the Leader to organise at the earliest possible juncture a debate with the Minister for Finance on the conclusions reached in yesterday's report. This presents a wake up call for this country, given the massive splurge in public expenditure in the past five years, the lack of value for money seen in many public projects and the fact, for instance, that the national development plan is more than 60% over budget and most of its priorities cannot be met.
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