Budget dispute and interruptions
A heated exchange followed over the budget, with Senator Devine accusing the Leader of going off tangent, and the Leader defending the health and broader budget decisions while Senators interjected. The Chair repeatedly urged order as the disagreement continued.
On a point of order, the Leader is going off on a tangent again.
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He seems to have been very hurt by that but he needs to get over it.
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I am not hurt at all but what I-----
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I intend to do that as well, but it is ironic that the parties are on the radio, reading from the old one-pager from Sinn Féin, because they cannot find anything to criticise. The health budget announced yesterday is bigger than that contained in the Sinn Féin document, with €646 million in current expenditure-----
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The Leader is delusional. He is absolutely deluded.
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Sinn Féin is a tax-and-spend party.
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We will send a copy of our document to the Leader in order that he can read it.
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He does not want to read it.