Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Well, it was a situation where if ... when, on joining the Oireachtas, somebody had previous experience in that area, for instance, some, perhaps, some college education in relation to economics and so on, or had other, say, work experience in relation to different fields.

After that, to be honest, Deputy Higgins, in ... certainly, in 2002, although I was the spokesperson for the Labour Party on finance, the Labour Party had one economic adviser - of a very high calibre, I have to say - who acted both in relation to economics, but in relation to a whole load of other issues.