Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

——all of those companies. I am proud, as I am sure is the Senator, to be a member of a party that has expanded university places by 40,000 in the past ten years. While I realise there are many in the Opposition who would like to highlight some shortcomings, as there will be in every walk of life at any time no matter how prosperous we are, I would make the point that the Government benches have plenty of ammunition to throw if they want to put forward a more accurate and balanced view as to our position vis-À-vis where we were previously.