Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This will mean more construction jobs and so on, which will aid the economic recovery further. We have to be patient for a little while.

My good friend, Senator Paschal Mooney, referred to an opinion poll today. He should remember these polls, which are published frequently, are merely snapshots on a particular day. He does not know if all the people consulted will even vote in a general election, whenever that is held. As Harold Wilson once famously said, it is about "the Pound in your pocket". In our case, it would be the euro. There is no doubt that the Government's aims on tax and other initiatives will improve the lot of every citizen and that will be appreciated more and more as time goes on.