Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----but I am rehearsing a speech I suspect she will hear again. She also stated, if I am not incorrect, she was fundamentally against the increase in VAT from 21% to 23% which brought in €650 million, and I took her at face value. Was this changed in the most recent pre-budget submission? It was not. This is a Sinn Féin legacy issue which it needs to sort out between now and the next general election because we will consistently expose this complete contempt it has for the Irish people in terms of telling the truth. It cannot get away with this. It is not credible for Sinn Féin to consistently argue it is against measures and then we all forget about it but when we seek the reinstatements next year they are not there.