Micheál Martin: Budget shows 'advancement' of Fianna Fáil's Government priorities

These include funding increases in social welfare rates, housing for all and underpinning progress on healthcare initiatives such as the substantial package on women’s health and a focus on waiting lists which the party has been advocating for, Taoiseach said

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said Government policy had allowed the economy to come back much faster than was thought in July. File picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

The €4.7bn budget package unveiled this week shows key advancement of Fianna Fáil priorities in Government.

That is according to Taoiseach Micheál Martin, speaking as he addressed the Fianna Fáil's parliamentary party meeting on Wednesday evening.