Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

There has been a tremendous investment programme in the past ten years. I always know I am on the right track when people try to interrupt me. They do not want to hear the truth and they do not want to hear any objective analysis of the situation. Members of the Opposition sometimes laugh and smile, as do some Members on this side, when the Taoiseach describes himself as a socialist. One of the criteria of socialism is the heavy emphasis on public investment and on that criterion, this Government is certainly socialist and more socialist than the Labour Party has ever been.