Mark Daly (Fianna Fail)

He does not want to increase tax rates. He has chosen the third option, which is magic. If he can present a means by which the circle can be squared to the other House and this one, through his colleagues, he will be the Houdini of economics. We have been accused of drip-feeding information. I think everyone would say the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, is giving the information as he receives it.