The Government should be proud of all its ‘firsts’

I, for one, fully agree with Minster for the Environment Alan Kelly’s statement in Killarney at the weekend.

This may well go down in the annals of the State as the greatest coalition government we ever had. Just look at their record since they came into office.

First to bring in the property tax. First to bring in the water charges. First to cut the children’s allowance. First to halve the electricity allowance to pensioners. First to halve the phone allowance to pensioners. They gave us a massive €50 Christmas bonus. God only knows what else they did, to take what few euros we have left at the end of the week?