I am elected every bit as good as the Tánaiste is-----

-----and maybe a lot better than he is. The funny thing about it is that I would not dare to look down my nose at the Tánaiste or anyone else because I do not do that, but maybe he does because he is a bit of a big shot.

Like I say, off with you with the airy fairies and see how far it will get you. But you can be sure of one thing, it is not a nice thing to look down your nose at me and say what you said to me a while ago. Not nice.

I know exactly what I said.

That is not true.

On the same issue, with the massive increase in the cost of fertiliser, agricultural contractors are facing an awful dilemma. At this point, the only support the Government has provided to the farmers and fishermen of Ireland is 2 cent by way of the rebate scheme that was announced. Any day of the week one now has to put €650 worth of agricultural diesel into a tractor that will be mowing or going hard all day. It is impossible for these contractors to say that they are going to be able to provide a service to the …

A drop. That is an insult. It is crazy. Two cent.

The Government will not do anything unless it is put up to it.

That is the only reason it is doing this. It was put up to it by us and Sinn Féin. It was not its own crowd that said anything about it.

Any man who stands up here and announces 2 cent a litre off agricultural diesel is not living in the real world.

I am sorry. I apologise.

They do not want to hear about 2 cent.

What about your antics?

The Government is about to put up the price of home heating oil.

The Government is putting up the carbon tax again in May.

Carbon tax.

Carbon tax.

We will have no energy.

With the Government.

They want us to speak up.