Burke, Patrick J.Wednesday, 17 July 1963 |
Dáil Eireann Debate
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Finance Bill, 1963—Fifth Stage.
It is true.
Do not be too disheartened.
Finance Bill, 1963—Fifth Stage (Resumed).
I listened carefully to Deputy Dillon's reply to the Taoiseach this morning. I thought I might hear from him some constructive policy. His first allegation was that the two Independent Deputies supp...
I am not saying that we have Communists here, but they took over in other countries on the same cry used here by a number of people, inadvertently or not. I look upon them as good Christians, but the...
I am not using that word but I am saying that the tactics Deputy Norton suggests are very similar.
After I sit down, you can make your contribution. I will sit down peacefully and I am sure the Ceann Comhairle will give you a good hearing. I will note what you say and I might be able to learn som...
It was rather amusing to hear Deputy Tully trying to make excuses——
He would be very welcome in the House. He was trying to make excuses for voting against increases in social welfare benefits. He is really good at this. The reason he gave was that he did not want ...
We were more troubled about the effect of this on employment, but the Labour Party and Fine Gael were not concerned with that.
I am talking about the employed who would be unemployed if the Labour policy were adopted. While it was not my intention to say very much tonight about this, one thing I have to say is that I hope th...
Do they realise the way they left the country in 1951 when we took over? Do they realise that they had sold nearly everything out? They had auctioned the aeroplanes and nearly everything else and sa...
They tried to sabotage every step taken by Fianna Fáil to improve the national well-being, and then when they went out in 1951, we were faced with an unbalanced Budget, with numerous debts, and when t...
In 1952, we had to put the national interest first and to introduce a Budget to put the national finances in proper order. May I say to the Labour Party and the Fine Gael Party why, when they left of...
Fianna Fáil did that, and better, and the workers and the Irish people trusted them at that period. You got back again in 1954 and did not even balance your Budget in 1957. What happened then? The ...
There were almost 1,800 houses idle in Dublin Corporation schemes in 1956 and 1957 with the number of people who were leaving them, especially tradesmen, and the Labour Party are this evening saying w...
Why not face this 2½ per cent turnover tax in a reasonable and constructive way? Finally, I want to say that I am sure the people of Ireland will consider the way they were treated from 1948 to 1951 ...
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