Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

International surveys also show that equal societies are healthier societies and are more competitive. Consider the competitive economies in Finland and Scandinavia. Yes, they are high-tax economies and that is their choice. However, they are also much fairer societies and are more deeply competitive than ours.

I want to say to Fianna Fáil that the exercise in censorship being undertaken in this debate is without precedent. When will we be able to go through the Book of Estimates and ask Ministers what it means?

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