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Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: A big injection.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: A lot more.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: It will be more.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Why would they not get it?

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Hard luck.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: That was then.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: The Minister should open his eyes.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: The Christmas bonus is gone.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: People are laden with debt.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: They are good at it.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: It does not want you.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: A good few of the Minister's colleagues were.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: I wish to make three points in the few minutes at my disposal. I never heard such arrogance as I heard in the Dáil today from two senior Ministers. The chief exponent of arrogance is the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Dermot Ahern. He is the captain of that team. He takes the biscuit altogether. What is even worse than their arrogance is the denial that they have...

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: The Minister should give it a short time and he will be driving himself home to Louth. I assure the Minister that it will go very hard with him.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: The Taoiseach was asked a question in connection with Anglo Irish Bank. I always believed that there was a counter in most banks and that the staff were inside and the clients were outside. There was no counter in Anglo Irish Bank. Everyone was inside.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Can the Minister imagine a group like Anglo Irish Bank trying to get back a loan from its own staff to whom it gave it inside the counter? Can one believe that the people would accept that sort of ráiméis? While the Minister was in Government he stood back.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: It was the Minister's people who were inside the counter. Every speculator and builder Fianna Fáil had in the tent in Galway was inside the counter.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: I am sorry. The biggest single mistake the Government ever made was in the budget last October. The Government believed it was fair to charge 1% of the special levy on a person earning €18,000 and on one that was earning €99,000. That emphasises where the Government lost touch with reality. Ministers could see no difference between a person earning €99,000 and €18,000. One thing...

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: The Government was daft enough to believe that the model would continue forever. Now the Government finds it has let down the people who put it in power.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: It will be a very short time before the Minister will be over here doing what he was great at one time, namely, badgering everyone. Many people will be delighted to see that happen, including me.