Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Dessie Ellis said I should write the figure off. How am I to do that? It is a loss of €150 million that is sitting on the balance sheet of an independent State company. Earlier this morning I saw that the Deputy’s party was calling for the complete abolition of the property tax, yet at the same time he is asking me to write off losses of €150 million and to find more money to put into the rail network. That is further evidence of the kind of economics that will ruin our country.

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