It would be easier to find geraniums in the desert than statements from this Minister. I think you have made just three statements since you became Minister.
- Mr Michael Noonan (FG) to the Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy.
The criticism centres on the charge that the Government has massaged the figures . . . I reject this criticism . . .
- Mr McCreevy on the Estimates.
There is nothing you can do for Minister Kitt. He is too far gone. You cannot advocate a Bill in the month of March and oppose the same Bill in the month of November and maintain any credibility . . . Now the Kitt Bill is to commit suicide before the eyes of its authors.
- Mr Pat Rabbitte (DL) on the Government's rejection of the Labour Sunday trading Bill, introduced last March by the Minister of State, Mr Tom Kitt, when in opposition.