Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)

Cutbacks amounting to €1 billion are not being taken from the top half of society, but from the lower half.

I remind the Leader and his friends on the other side of the House that the weak, the old and the handicapped will suffer. If they seek a national Government, they should take up the Fine Gael themes and ideas of responsibility and accountability. They should not hide behind the regulator or the banks.