Niall Ó Brolcháin (Green Party)

The Government has increased our wind capacity in the past three years from 7% to more than 15%. That is fact and the Opposition should check out those facts. There are many positive aspects in this economy. It is wrong to have debates where we switch off the light at the end of the tunnel.

We need to look at stimulus packages. When we are dealing with the public finances, we are very much dealing with the issues of cuts and new taxes, but we are not dealing with the issues of new hope and new stimulus. Both sides of the balance sheet should be looked at. Senators who talk themselves into a black hole or who are in danger of doing so are adopting the wrong approach. I look forward to the continuing debates on the economy. Let us look at the positive as well as the negative.