Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)

It was cynical in the extreme to make these proposals and seek to buy the electorate. It has been done but the people will not buy it. It was cynical in the extreme to suggest senior bondholders would be burned when the Government has followed the same policies as the last Government in respect of the bank guarantee scheme and burning bondholders. I understand why the Government has to do that but it is not appropriate for the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, to come into the Chamber and lecture Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin on genuinely costed budget proposals.

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