Brendan Ryan (Labour)

When the Minister for Finance entertains his very rich friends in the K Club, that is seen as a sign of the country prospering, but when someone from a different political party eats smoked salmon in a small quantity, that is regarded as a sign of some betrayal of some principle or other. I do not know what the unfortunate fish ever had to do with principles, but it seems to provide Fianna Fáil with endless entertainment. I wish the party would find something new. The notion of smoked salmon socialists is about 25 years old.