Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2026-05-13
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

That is the bottom line. They are talking about promises and commitments. The bottom line is a lot of what the Social Democrats say as a party lacks that substance and that detail. You cannot, overnight, move from where we currently are into a full public model. You just cannot do that and you should acknowledge the honesty of that proposition.

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Sitting date: 2026-05-13