Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The discussion that has taken place from the Opposition side, during the debate on the amendments and so on, has been of a quality that any six year school boy or girl listening in would say that the Government should disappear on the basis of the facts, the arguments and the logic it has produced. What the Government has put forward as a proposal is stupid, in capital letters, so stupid it is unbelievable. It should be ashamed of itself when it leaves €230 million on the backs of the people and €25 billion in identifiably bad, stinking, debt. That is so wrong. Some €10 billion would fix the water issue, €15 billion would fix the other capital projects and support the social services and social protection that is needed in places such as Aras Attracta and other places that are crying out for it.

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