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

How are we going to do that? We are going to do it step by step. How are we not going to do? By means of the type of explosion that Deputy Boyd Barrett appears to be proposing, funded by the very companies and individuals he rails against all the time, he would look to do it all in a single go. Can he accept that there is merit in doing this step by step? He might state that it will take time to get there. I accept that it will, but we would get to it in a way we are confident we can afford without leading to the large increase in inflation that we could face if we were to go ahead with what is, I think, Deputy Boyd Barrett's plan, which is to do it all in a big bang or a single go.

How will we get there? We will get there gradually. We will get there step by step in the same way we have done over the past seven years. We have seen capital investment go from approximately €4 billion to the level it is at present. It has also multiplied, and we have done it phase by phase and step by step.

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