Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)

There was nothing wrong on 1 December. It amuses me that many of my good colleagues on the Opposition benches have distributed glossy information leaflets to their constituents informing them of all the positive announcements in the Fianna Fáil Party's budget. Take home pay, pensions and benefits were increased. I have seen many leaflets produced by other parties, and fair play to them because it is good to promote what is good. The Minister for Finance did a good job and introduced a budget about which everybody was happy. As Deputies will recall, the House adjourned at 8 p.m. on the day of the budget because everybody was so happy with it.

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