I have a couple of supplementaries.

I have allowed four on this question. I will allow Deputy Kelly one question.

I have two.

I will allow one from the Labour Benches and that will conclude.

In relation to the Minister's main reply when he spoke about the appeals for wage restraint and the crucial relationship between wage restraint and economic development, which are commonplace under all Governments, he did say that policies or tax concessions could not remain unchanged.

This is a speech, Deputy.

I am trying to cast in one question what would otherwise take three or four, but the Chair is limiting me to one. The Minister said that these tax concession policies could not remain unchanged unless the guidelines of the pay agreement were respected. I ask the Minister whether that condition was made plain to the people by his party before the election?

Surely that is not a relevant question.

Surely you will allow the Minister to answer. Was it or was it not made plain?

Is the Deputy asking me to go back and re-fight the election campaign?

Deputy O'Leary.

I ask the Minister to say yes or no.

So far as I know we said that our policies were formulated on the basis of a pay rise in the region of 5 per cent.

That does not answer the Deputy.

I will go further and point out that we are saying that we will accept a greater increase in pay rates without adjustment of taxation. It is as obvious as night follows day that no Government could allow their policies to remain unchanged if there were any substantial development in the economy, be it from pay rises, from external price rises or from any action.

We know it is obvious. It was not obvious when the Minister was canvassing for votes.

I am not aware of anybody being misled or misinformed as to the nature——