Budget Statement 2023
Dail Éireann — 2022-09-27
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Duncan Smith (LAB), Dublin Fingal

There have been many claims about whether Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil owns this budget. I am seeing a lot of Fianna Fáil in the budget. I recognise the return of the plaster politics of Fianna Fáil. While Fianna Fáil argues internally over whether to allow Bertie Ahern back to join its ranks, it is clear that Bertie economics are not only back, they are at the front and centre of this Government's budgetary policy.

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Sitting date: 2022-09-27