Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The tone of self-congratulation coming from Government Buildings will ring hollow tonight when people realise its full extent. In many ways Opposition spokespersons are responding to a budget we have not yet seen. We have the Government's speeches and the booklets that have been distributed, but shortly individual Ministers will attend press conferences in their offices to explain what the budget means for their Departments.

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