Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail)

I join with Senator Terry if she is calling for a debate on the economic structures of the State. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform was referring to what was good for the economy when he made those remarks. The old Communist theory of economic equality is a failed one as shown by the abject poverty in many of the former Eastern Bloc countries, and I did not think it was being embraced by the Fine Gael Party. I think most Members subscribe to the more republican approach that one helps people to help themselves. Obviously people are different. We must recognise that difference.