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ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will remind the Deputies opposite of their five point plan and that they said they would not burn the bondholders. They talk about populism - the sheer brass neck of them. They toured this country advocating Enda's five point plan. They promised they would not close hospitals and that they would save the people - the white horses were everywhere.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: When it comes to negotiating with Europe, they are like mice.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: They said they would get a 0.6% cut in the interest rates and that this was the best they would get.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Now, thanks to the Greece crisis, the Greeks have done the negotiation for them.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is unreal - the brass neck of Deputies opposite to talk about populism. I will wrap up with quoting what the Labour Party said.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It was great fun to listen to the comments of the Labour Party Deputies about the North.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is great that they show some concern for the people of the North.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Deputy was elected-----

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----with a mandate-----

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, may I finish? I still have a minute remaining.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Labour Party Deputies and the Fine Gael Deputies were elected by the people of the Twenty-Six Counties this year on the basis of their manifestos, extracts from which I will read to them.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Deputy has a brass neck to talk about populism and turning his back-----

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I remind the Deputy that Sinn Féin was re-elected in the Six Counties this year after the Deputy was elected. They received a ringing endorsement of support, with the highest vote ever, from the people of the Six Counties.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I presume I still have a minute remaining and I have been interrupted throughout my contribution.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will wrap up with a few quotes from the Labour Party, God bless it. Its election manifesto states that it is, "committed to the concept of public enterprise...we are opposed to short term privatisation of key state assets such as Coillte or the energy networks", and here is the clinker - it is beautiful to read this back to the Deputies-----

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is what Deputy Rabbitte said-----

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----and he is the Minister. He said the ESB is of strategic significance to the Irish economy.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: He said there is no question of control passing out of the authority of the ESB, he was no fan of the deal foisted on us and that it was a bad deal.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Deputies talk about populism, but talk about having a brass neck.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The more the Deputies defend right wing policies here, the less of a soul they have.