Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

In my Second Stage contribution I read out what we said in our manifesto, which was cautious enough, even though there was much discussion about going further. However, in the debate Senators have alleged that something much more concrete was promised. I welcome this discussion as it throws some light on the political debate. There has been gross exaggeration of what was promised or committed. This is being used as a stick to beat the Government. That is a good illustration of what has been going on.