Govt wants Opposition to sort out its mess, says Gilmore

Posted on October 19, 2010 at 08:24 PM

"The Government got us into this mess and every prediction and projection made over the last two and a half years has been incorrect and dramatically incorrect in most cases," the Labour Leader Eamon Gilmore TD said today during Leaders' Questions in the Dáil.

Gilmore was questioning the Taoiseach on how the Government has calculated the figures for budgetary adjustments so wrong saying the extent to which they are wrong is "utterly astonishing".

He went on to question Cowen's credibility 'having got it wrong so often, repeatedly and so dramatically'.

"The Taoiseach wants the Opposition to solve the problem for him, he wants the people of the country to pay for it and meanwhile he wants to stay in office. Does he seriously expect us to agree to this?

You can see Eamon's full contribution in the accompanying video while the full exchange will be available shortly on the Oireachtas website.

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