Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The Labour Party will support the motion of no confidence in the Minister for Defence, Deputy O'Dea. We will oppose the motion that has been proposed by the Taoiseach.

The Labour Party has no confidence in the Government as a collective entity or in the Ministers in their individual capacities. This is the Fianna Fáil Government that has brought this country to the brink of economic ruin.

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