Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail)

——and who take risks. I understand that at present more than 33,000 people in this country are millionaires. That is to be welcomed and policy should be pursued to grow that phenomenon.

Senator Alex White was correct in some respects. I do not begrudge anybody who pursues wealth creation and job creation, particularly in the productive economy. The arguments made by Senator White would be correct regarding some of the non-productive sectors of the economy. Among those I include some of the professions, particularly the legal profession, the members of which have been creaming it off in the past decade and more.