Shane Ross (Independent)

The reason people say this is that it is a great way of patting ourselves on the back for the economic success that has taken place. The economic success has got far more to do with two other factors — the great decision taken byDonogh O'Malley more than 40 years ago to have free education, a magnificent decision; and the other, which is less palatable to this House, is the incoming multinationals who provided the jobs and the engine for the economic recovery. The coincidence about that is that they were attracted by——