Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As is the case each year, we are starting off by denying the reality. The Estimates relating to the two most recent budgets presented to this House were wholly unsustainable from the day they were published. I knew that, as did the Minister and everyone else. Obviously, however, those who operate the system were wandering around in a world of fantasy and pretence.

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