Jimmy Harte (Labour) | Oireachtas source

On the property tax, one of the parties opposite imposed a property tax, while the other agreed to the introduction of such a tax in its agreement with the troika. Both parties now oppose the property tax for purely populist reasons.

The leader of the Opposition in the Dáil stated in the other House and in interviews that he feels a certain amount of guilt about the scandal of the Magdalen laundries. One does not state in court that one feels a certain amount of guilt because one is either guilty or not guilty. The efforts by the Fianna Fáil Party to argue it is only half-guilty are a little like saying "I am slightly pregnant."