Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)

The Minister of State raised this issue and I am responding to what he said.

The sale of State assets is an invention of the Government, it has nothing to do with the troika agreement. The Government has told the troika that it wants to sell State assets and the troika has stated it can put so much of the proceeds towards investment. I wish the economy was growing. The Minister of State is saying it has returned to growth. There was growth following budget 2010 that the Minister of State's party opposed.