Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Most important of all, the Minister of State was allowed to come to House and deliver this reply. Whatever official wrote it should be brought before the Minister and asked how he or she could allow a Minister to say to the House that spending €6.45 on electronic tagging is not more cost-efficient than the judge's alternative of putting a person in prison. That is a disgraceful answer to allow a Minister to give. I am not blaming the Minister of State because she is only given the research that was done by the official, but it is an appalling answer.