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Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)

Brian Cowen: ——the investment in fourth level education and the reskilling that is going to take place under the national development plan mean nothing. A total of €50 billion——

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)

Brian Cowen: ——is being provided under the national development plan——

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)

Brian Cowen: ——to reskill the workforce to ensure those who currently occupy jobs that may not exist in the future will have an opportunity to seek jobs in other areas.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)

Brian Cowen: The idea that the country is nothing other than a building site——

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)

Brian Cowen: What the Senator said was——

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)

Brian Cowen: ——that we are doing nothing——

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)

Brian Cowen: ——to replace jobs and that we are dependent on the construction industry. The record will show that is what he said. I am merely making the point that we are at a level of economic and social development that requires more investment. We will have a motorway system by the end of 2010, we will build more hospitals and we will be able to continue with the summer works scheme during the...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)

Brian Cowen: Fine Gael came forward with a proposal.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)

Brian Cowen: Fine Gael thought it was the silver bullet. It thought that this was the one that would help it win the economic argument.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)

Brian Cowen: The Fine Gael thinking was they would not get the Government parties to talk about the 600,000 jobs they created.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)

Brian Cowen: They would not get them to talk about economic growth which has been two and a half times the European average. They would not get them to talk about the investment we are seeing, including foreign direct investment, and new jobs. Fine Gael would talk about stamp duty and, in doing so, the people would be greedy, would think they were going to get something and would all run for it. That...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)

Brian Cowen: They re-elected this Government.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)

Brian Cowen: I am glad to say it has been complemented by a Green Party which will also assist us in ensuring our future is a sustainable one that will continue to progress in respect of the solid achievements that have been the hallmark of this Administration over the past decade.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)

Brian Cowen: This is a proposal to bring stability to a marketplace which was unnerved by a cack-handed effort by the Opposition to win the general election on an issue the people did not buy because they knew it just did not make sense.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)

Brian Cowen: What cuts in stamp duty did I subsequently introduce?

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)

Brian Cowen: There are no cuts.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)

Brian Cowen: I am extending an exemption.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)

Brian Cowen: The Senator is a man who insists on preserving the meaning of the English language.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)

Brian Cowen: The Senator should read the sentence again.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)

Brian Cowen: The Taoiseach never mentioned stamp duty at the Ard-Fheis. The Senator should be accurate.