Margaret Cox (Fianna Fail)

It amuses me on this side of the House to hear how often the phrase "mismanagement of finances" is trotted out from the Opposition benches, as if the economic success we enjoyed over recent years, and the difference that it made, can be just wiped away with that one phrase. It is time Senators on the other side explained what they mean by it. Has "mismanagement of finances" allowed the Government to allocate €10 billion in social welfare provisions for 2003? It is a pity that the Government does not have the benefit of the Opposition's knowledge so as to improve this allocation. While €10 million is not as much as I would like and there are areas I want to talk—