Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

We ran budget surpluses in the years I gave the money. That is a fact. By the way, most of those opposite were quick enough to come into the House to tell me to spend more. They were queuing up at my door looking for more money.

Let us look at what the Government has done with mortgages. It has taken a scatter-gun approach.

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