Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)

They misled the people and broke trust again. Budget day will bring to an end the argument and the notion that the bill for the recapitalisation of the banks is the cheapest in world history. Instead, it will be the most expensive. It is the people – the gnáth duine, the ordinary man and woman – who will pay for the Government's failure, dereliction of duty, abdication of responsibility and gross mismanagement. It is the time the Leader's party faced the consequences of bad governance, but that will require more than a debate in this House. It will require a fair and just budget. I do not want to hear mealy-mouthed Members across the floor-----