Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)

In the interests of accuracy and honesty that must be put on the record of the House. There was a surplus.

Will the Leader apologise to the people this morning because the Government he represents has taxed the elderly? Is the Leader listening to me? Will he apologise for the cutbacks imposed on the ordinary person who must now bail out the Leader and his Government? That is the legacy of 11 years of greed——