Brendan Ryan (Labour)

I have sat here and listened to my party and its history traduced over the past few hours, with considerable constraint most of the time.

There is a section in the Minister's script, which describes precisely what I am talking about. It is on page 4 and is headed Fiscal Reality. That is a Charlie McCreevy phrase if ever I heard one. As far as I am concerned, I am entitled to deal with what the Minister quoted as fiscal reality, which is in fact fictional reality defined by an ideologically blind Minister who cannot see beyond his nose in terms of what is needed in this country. I have said that consistently.