Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am tempted to respond to the points made by various Deputies, but I have points of my own that I wish to make.

I am a little bemused by Deputy Shane Ross's sudden shift in political philosophy. I recall a time when he and his colleagues in the well known Sunday publication for which he writes repeatedly called for greater fiscal restraint and the previous Government to reduce excessive public spending. I remember when the Deputy was a Senator when he called repeatedly for a reduction in waste in public expenditure and the size of government, etc.

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