Brendan Ryan (Labour)

This has been a night of revelations for me. The first is that Fianna Fáil seems to have discovered that the building industry has been ripping off the nation for 20 years when in fact it is the number one conspirator in allowing it to happen. The party allowed those who fund it – and keep members in the style to which they are accustomed – to rip off the nation and it has done so consistently for 20 years. Fianna Fáil has taken their donations and encouraged builders and speculators with grants. It has left them alone and is still doing so.