One of the core areas where the Government lauds itself is income tax. Its target was that in a short period only one in every five income tax payers would be paying tax at the 42% high threshold rate. Recent figures show that one third of income tax payers will be paying at the rate of 42% massively above the Government's target – another target well and truly blown off course. In the education area, 500 Dickensian schools are not fit for the Third World while hospital waiting lists are getting longer as I witnessed in Galway Regional Hospital this week. Many of our key services are on the brink of collapse. That a Government should come before the House and phrase a motion in such crisp and arrogant terms is the height of arrogance and an affront to the intelligence of the people who are watching, waiting and wondering. Their day will come.