Paschal Donohoe (Fine Gael)

We want the Government to recognise the scale of the issue and to outline its response. As the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, is taking time today to contemplate his own misery, he might take time to reflect on the 600 workers from a single company who lost jobs today. He might take the time to think about the people in O'Devaney Gardens and Dominic Street whose projects cannot now be delivered due to the framework the Government imposed on local authorities.