Eamonn Maloney (Dublin South West, Labour)

The night of 30 September 2008 saw our economy destroyed.

Deputy Finian McGrath had a go at my Labour colleague, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, for talking about special needs assistant provision during the election. Yet, he got into a sweat to get into this Chamber to vote for the bank bailout on 30 September 2008. I also recall hearing him recently in the Chamber talking about celebrating the failed US invasion of the Bay of Pigs and saying to myself "this guy must be a socialist or a communist", which is all right with me. If Deputy Finian McGrath decides to go to Cuba for the summer, however, he should be careful. If Fidel Castro hears he bailed out the Irish banks while forcing half of the young Irish population to emigrate to Canada and Australia, he would probably take the Deputy aside at Havana airport and kneecap him or shoot him in the head. Deputy Finian McGrath would certainly not come back from Havana.

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