Eugene Regan (Fine Gael)

The penny seems to have dropped with the Taoiseach regarding the economy. One reads of corrective action now being taken. In managing the economy, those responsible must understand it and must have experience of managing an economy in different economic circumstances. However, the Government only has experience of managing the boom. It even has failed at that, to judge from the evidence of €10 billion wasted on such projects as decentralisation and infrastructure.