Kenny: Budget shirked biggest challenge — public sector reform

FINE GAEL leader Enda Kenny has claimed the Government showed “no courage and no vision” in framing the budget.

He said Finance Minister Brian Cowen had shirked the “biggest challenge” facing the State — reforming the public service and delivering better value for money.

“The biggest challenge facing Ireland stems from government ministers presiding over vital areas of the public sector with massively inflated budgets which are not delivering results at the front line,” Mr Kenny told the Dáil.