Who is right about the fiscal treaty?

THE fiscal treaty debate is heating up by the day.

The political parties of the left, Sinn Féin and the United Left Alliance, claim the treaty contains a whole raft of new measures which will be economically and socially destructive for Ireland.

The Government claims most of the treaty measures have been in existence for some time and they are nothing to worry about. They also claim this is a “stability treaty” and not an “austerity treaty”.