Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

I had to persist to ensure we had the decentralisation of those offices to Roscommon town. The former leader of the Fine Gael party is on record as objecting to the decentralisation of those offices to a rural town, and we know his pedigree as regards putting a tax on children's shoes. I was a Member of the Dáil at that time and I opposed the measure. He begged the late Deputy Jim Kemmy to support it and his refusal brought down the Government. That is another indication of the type of taxation Fine Gael is prepared to put forward. We are not putting taxation on children's shoes.