Niall Collins (Limerick West, Fianna Fail)

The Minister will appear before the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service to detail the events of that night, and it is right and proper that he has committed to make himself available to attend.

I welcome the two reports produced by our three independent learned friends. They are very good and I do not think anybody disputes their findings. The only quibble I would have with them is that they do not contain a critique of the policies of the Labour Party and the Fine Gael Party. The reports would be more complete if they contained such a critique. Their election manifestos promised spending left, right and centre based on a predicted growth of the economy-----

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