Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Government will be the laughing stock of Europe. It is not a conservation grant to give people €100 with no conservation. Where is the conservation in that? There is no conservation in it and the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, knows that. He is coming in here with bluff and bluster. He is the laugh of Europe.

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