Ulick Burke (Fine Gael)

I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Seán Power, to the House. Ten years' ago in this House, a Minister of State was forced to resign following the disclosure, prior to the announcement by the Minister for Finance in the House, of the details of the budget. Many people have said that details of the budget were hinted at by commentators in the media, and in that regard I refer to today's edition of the Evening Herald. I see a small paragraph on page three which is titled, "A glance at the budget". The detail contained is straight from the presentation made by the Minister. This newspaper was published this morning at 10 a.m. or afterwards and it was on the streets and in the House at lunch time. I could not believe it. It is despicable. I was able to tick off the details as they were presented in the Minister's speech.