Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)

I was struck in America by the fact that people tend to view the glass as half full rather than half empty. People there were talking in positive terms about the falling house prices putting houses more within people's reach, falling petrol prices and so on. Sometimes we need to look at the positive aspects that are coming through and that are still there rather than just looking unremittingly at the negative points.