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Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (28 Mar 2006)

Fergal Browne: The Blueshirts were there and fought for free speech when others tried to stop them from speaking. That is a different argument. The Government genuinely feels that the Opposition is incapable of running the country.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (28 Mar 2006)

Fergal Browne: I remind Senator Minihan that in the years 1994-97 we had the first budget surplus, unemployment was consistently falling and the economy was very well managed. There is no point in the Government giving the impression it knows all the answers because it does not. It has regularly squandered public money. The PPARS system was a fiasco and Fine Gael had to highlight that before the Government...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (28 Mar 2006)

Fergal Browne: I did. There is a great deal of squandering of public money.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (28 Mar 2006)

Fergal Browne: If the Government had not wasted so much money in the past few years and had managed the economy properly it could now be introducing major tax cuts. Unfortunately, this Government does not seem to realise that money squandered could be tallied with the benefits which it could give to taxpayers, and the improved public services it could fund. Up to €0.5 billion has been spent on the Dublin...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (28 Mar 2006)

Fergal Browne: The Senator will have enough.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (28 Mar 2006)

Fergal Browne: Will the people believe it?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (28 Mar 2006)

Fergal Browne: Will they believe it?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (28 Mar 2006)

Fergal Browne: What was the average price of a house at that time?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (28 Mar 2006)

Fergal Browne: Will the Senator be fair and compare like with like? What was the average price of a house at that time?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (29 Mar 2006)

Fergal Browne: It has been raised on the Adjournment.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (29 Mar 2006)

Fergal Browne: I agree with Senator John Paul Phelan. We are blue in the face raising this matter. Why was it ruled out of order? Was it because of the possible cost implications?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (29 Mar 2006)

Fergal Browne: Can I take it that this amendment would have been accepted in the Dáil?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (29 Mar 2006)

Fergal Browne: It is not.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (29 Mar 2006)

Fergal Browne: With all due respect to Senator Mansergh, at meetings I have attended it was suggested that the way to rectify this wrong is through an amendment to the Finance Bill. That is what we are trying to find out today. We are aware that the Seanad has limited powers in terms of amending the Finance Bill but could this have been done on Committee Stage in the Dáil? Will the Minister give a...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (29 Mar 2006)

Fergal Browne: ——and trade unionists all say they heard this. Will the Minister take on board the points we have made today on this issue and do something in next year's Finance Bill? Who does he believe, the Tánaiste or his back bench colleagues?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (29 Mar 2006)

Fergal Browne: It is not immaterial; it is a very relevant point.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (29 Mar 2006)

Fergal Browne: Can I have a chance to respond?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (29 Mar 2006)

Fergal Browne: The Minister has spoken at length on it.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (29 Mar 2006)

Fergal Browne: He never answered the question on whether this issue could have been dealt with when the Bill was going through the Dáil.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (29 Mar 2006)

Fergal Browne: I have no problem at all. That is outrageous.