Terence Flanagan Caught Cogging Burton

We know the standard of Dail debate is much decried and poor Terence Flanagan has not done much to help that image. In a debate on the Finance Bill he cogged three passages from Deputy Joan Burton’s speech the night before. Flanagan’s contribution is here while Burton’s is here. Example below the fold, two others to be found-if you like

Burton: We could be in line for serious home grown sub-prime problems as those who over-stretched themselves with hefty mortgages during the boom times, egged on by the financial institutions that the Minister did not bother to regulate before last Friday, face a harsher economic climate. When I spoke about sub-prime tactics in the Irish mortgage market two and a half years ago the Minister did not even pretend to understand me, such was his arrogant confidence that all would be right on the night. Large numbers of people losing their homes does not sound like the fairy tale soft landing we were promised.

Flanagan: Ireland also could be in line for serious home-grown sub-prime problems as those who over-stretched themselves with heavy mortgages during the boom times and who were helped by the financial institutions that the Minister did not bother to regulate before last Friday, face a harsher economic climate.