Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

He did. He threw his hands in the air and said this would cost billions of euro and we cannot afford it. He said if we were to do all that had to be done, it would add 10% to our tax bills. It is hyperbole; it is exaggeration. He was trying to move the debate. It is clever politics, spin and PR.

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