Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

The Minister of State should be ashamed of himself. He has come to the House and has the effrontery to suggest that the Government had done well and had a good surplus of money, even though it did not know it was there. This is like the postman going out to deliver letters but discovering his bag is empty one day and he has a full bag another day. The Government should be careful; it will do very well if it keeps going like that.

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