Paschal Donohoe (Fine Gael)

Today of all days, and next week of all weeks, when the budget that will be introduced will show the cost of those mistakes to the country, the fact we have clear evidence that this continues to happen should be unacceptable to this House. It is absolutely unacceptable to the people of Ireland. I urge the Leader to arrange an immediate debate on this report.

With regard to the what Senator O'Toole said on the Croke Park agreement and the document published yesterday, what I find most dispiriting is that it tells us to do things that in our hearts we knew we should have been doing anyway. We should not need the IMF to tell us we need to tackle the cost of sheltered professions or accelerate implementation of the Croke Park deal. That, above all else, is the most deflating aspect of the document.