Mary O'Rourke (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)

Do they ever approve of anything? I refer to the financial sphere, in which Ireland is holding its own at present. It is not as though one sets out to get bullet points, red marks, five stars or whatever one gets for being a good girl or a good boy. Do such individuals ever say they are glad that what the Government has tried to do in this regard has been recognised? No, they are appalled at some small financial misdemeanour to which they now must devote three hours of their own time. I acknowledge it is the Opposition's own time and they can do somersaults on the floor if they so decide for the three hours available. It is their own time to do with as they wish.

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