Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

——and not the type of system the Senator's party recommends. We will leave it at that. Ours is a broadly based party and we are entitled to express views at all levels. We are not finished with the expenditure. We gave €6 million this week and I look forward in the next few weeks to making another announcement which may not be welcomed by Senator Bannon's party. Senator McCarthy's contribution was measured and realistic, and I appreciate that. The problem with Fine Gael is the sharp contrast between the mid-1980s and the mid-1990s and the high level of investment which is difficult for it to stomach. The answer, therefore, is not to concentrate on the debate before us today but on another one. They say in Irish — tá an fhírinne searbh. It will be more searbh because we will announce a record €12 million for local authority schemes over 2004, an increase of 10% on last year.