Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)

If he does not, he is on the bike. Perhaps the Minister of State is the first to feel the pay freeze, which I welcome.

Never before has a Government drunk champagne and spilled it. The ordinary people, our neighbours, are suffering. The Minister of State may think I am being dramatic and throw his eyes to heaven but the reality is the Government and its cuts are affecting people. I hope the people will wake up and realise the Government has mismanaged the economy for 11 years.