Shane Ross (Independent)

It is welcome we in this House have suddenly and belatedly developed a sense of urgency about the economy, especially those on the Government side who for so long — this is a political Chamber where it is perfectly justifiable to make political points — fiddled around in talks that have come to nothing, brought us in to discuss matters in a vacuum and now suddenly realise we are in a crisis. The reason for this is because so much political capital on all political sides has been——-