Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

On the issue of who has money and who does not, I read a recent newspaper report - one would not know whether to believe anything in newspapers these days - that suggested pensioners have €16 billion in savings in the banks. This is, of course, very important to them, and many people have a nest egg of life savings. While it is important we would recognise people have a right to put away life savings, nonetheless, it is an interesting point.

I am always consoled when I hear some of the more bizarre policies of Sinn Féin - policies that would break the State and would leave us literally with no money to pay for services.

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