Brendan Daly (Fianna Fail)

I thank Senator Brady for giving me the opportunity to briefly welcome the budget and congratulate the Minister for Finance on a good job in getting the balance right between, as Senator White said, economic stability, the development of the economy and sharing the benefits of a thriving economy among people in most need. Most of the issues have been mentioned but it is important to recognise that 650,000 people have been taken out of the tax net. That is a remarkable achievement in such a short time.