Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)

I acknowledge the presence of a former local authority member of long standing, Mr. Patsy Traynor, in the Visitors Gallery.

Senators Fitzgerald, O'Toole, Prendergast, Boyle, Healy Eames, Twomey, Regan, Walsh, Coghlan, Mullen, Hanafin, O'Reilly, MacSharry, Bacik, Harris, Daly, Prendergast, Phelan and O'Donovan outlined their serious concerns about the state of the economy and the changes proposed in every Government portfolio.