Kenny critical of ‘wasted opportunities’

FINE GAEL leader Enda Kenny described this week’s Budget as a missed opportunity that continued the reckless expansion of Government taxation and spending without matching public sector reforms to ensure value for money.

In his speech to the Dáil on Brian’s Cowen’s financial package, Mr Kenny portrayed it as the defining moment of the Government’s attempts to win the next general election.

Said Mr Kenny: “No Minister for Finance in the history of the State has addressed the Dáil with as much financial giftware as Deputy Cowen. No previous Government has had such an opportunity to prepare our people for the future challenges which lie ahead but unlike this one no previous Government has wasted the opportunities it had.”