Seanad debates
Thursday, 19 June 2003
OECD Economic Survey of Ireland 2003: Statements.
I welcome the opportunity to have a mini-discussion on the economic options facing the Government. If value for money, fairness in taxation and quality administration at local and national level are kept to the fore, we will not go too far wrong. I suppose we have all had too easy a time over the past five or six years in that money was available to plug the odd gap but this covered up some of the many problems. Money might not be available in such abundance now but the problems still remain. We must solve them and look at new ways of doing so. It is a challenge for all of us in respect of which I wish the Minister of State well in his endeavours.
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