Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

----- but are perceived to be making a fortune, are the automatic targets of the Government when preparing budgets. It is wrong that these people represent the first line we seek to attack. In any event it is absolutely unacceptable for Ministers to continue to fly kites in trying to balance the delicate mix of backbenchers in the Labour Party and Fine Gael against their own popularity. I call on the Acting Leader to invite the Minister for Finance to the House to give some clarity in the context of his budget preparations. He might take a lead from the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, in instructing the rest of the Ministers to keep their mouths shut for now or else announce the budget.