Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

I am glad to hear the Government is supporting the elderly. I wish to share time with Deputy Timmins and Deputy McCormack.

It is often with trepidation I talk about a budget in the House, because I read the budget in the Evening Herald last year and this year, long before it was delivered in this House. No responsibility was taken and no inquiries were made about this, but in my time many inquiries were made about how such sources of information emerged.

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