Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)

I thank Senators for their views and the opportunity to speak. I especially welcome the opportunity to outline the Government's achievements in terms of managing the economy and the public finances. I will outline the real story which is quite different from Senator John Paul Phelan's flight of fancy when he described some of our inflation rates. I am not sure from which publication he read but clearly he missed out on——