Noel Treacy (Galway East, Fianna Fail)

——and more money for roads, railways, transport and housing, while all the time maintaining conditions that promote and sustain economic competitiveness. The Finance Bill carries forward the policies of a Government deeply conscious that in an increasingly prosperous Ireland no boundaries should be placed on giving people the opportunity to enjoy the fruits of this prosperity. I have listened with interest to what has been said on the Opposition benches. I listened to Deputy Ferris, who believes we should leave the oil under the sea rather than extract it and pump it into the national economy to re-energise the nation.

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