Eugene Regan (Fine Gael)

I ask that the Leader would desist from talking down in that fashion.

The Leader also has a tendency to avoid the specific questions raised in the debate. I asked last week if he would comment on the lack of experience and qualifications, whether in the economic, commercial, banking or financial spheres, of the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to manage the economy. I got no answer. The Leader has an unfortunate tendency to lecture these benches and to introduce old stories——