Fiona O'Malley (Dún Laoghaire, Progressive Democrats)

——was based on the failure of the Government to control prices, adding substantially to the ever-increasing cost of living, and its complete inability to tackle vested interest and antipathy to consumers. Is he for real? First, how does one square higher prices and reduced spending power with the year-on-year increases in numbers of new cars and foreign holidays, classic indicators of spending power resting with the consumer?

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