Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I am glad the Minister for Finance has attended this debate because I was going to have a go at him if he did not. He would have shown total disrespect for the House if he had not attended. Deputy Bruton has put down a good motion that the Government was not prepared to debate in Government time. We did not want half Ministers; there are too many half Ministers. In fact, if I were Taoiseach——

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