Dáil Statement on the Fiscal Responsbility Bill 2012

I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012. I will briefly address the fiscal rules which the Bill introduces, bearing in mind the extent to which these matters have already been debated in the Dáil, on television programmes and, most importantly, the doorsteps. Ireland’s debt-to-GDP ratio was 108.5% in our first quarter and continues to rise.

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