Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)

I remember the comments of the Minister and those of his colleague, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Eamon Ryan last October. He stated he was very proud of the budget that hit the pensioners. Last night the Ministers' colleague, Deputy Mary White, spoke of how the Supplementary budget was a wonderful one that had the fingerprints of the Green Party all over it.

This shows how out of touch the Green Party is with the real world. The Minister is other-worldly. That is the best way of describing it. He is out of touch and in time he will discover that he will pay a serious price for that.

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