Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is an outrage that on budget day neither Deputy Noonan nor Deputy Howlin would see fit to wait in Dáil Éireann to hear what Members have to say. I am sure both Ministers are dying to get on the six o'clock news but we could have started before 2.30 p.m. today if that were the case.

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