Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not include my colleagues opposite in this. We have a situation where genuine lies and mistruths have been told and been proven to be incorrect, where a major Government party with a 58-seat majority in the other House is able to continue to put out untruths about costs and apparent savings and where the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation says he will write a cheque for €20 million in 2016 and hand it to the Irish people. I have never heard such nonsense. All any of us have asked for, and we can disagree on any item because that is what democracy and politics are about, is fairness and truth. This campaign has been depressing. What I also found depressing was the reporting of attendance here over the year.