The Taoiseach has accused Fianna Fail of squandering the good progress made by the last Fine Gael government.
Enda Kenny has gone on the attack at the Oireachtas Banking Inquiry - saying the previous government had allowed Ireland to become "bloated, over-borrowed and uncompetitive".
But there's been some sharp exchanges at the inquiry about Fine Gael's own proposals for public spending, and about its relationships with some donors.
Our political correspondent Gavan Reilly filed this report for Today FM's National Lunchtime News:
