Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

They are not many places they can go. Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels said a long time ago to people with the slash and burn mindset: "...whoever could make...or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind...than the whole race of politicians put together." This is where this budget has failed. There are no two blades of grass. There is no growth in SR Technics. I do not see anything much for Limerick or for Waterford Crystal. When the Government was on its high horse - when its hubris and its arrogance were evident - it could not bring itself to make a basic credit guarantee arrangement for Waterford Crystal.

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