Seán Connick (Wexford, Fianna Fail)

I welcome the opportunity to make a small contribution to this debate. If people were not depressed on Tuesday morning, they certainly will be depressed by this evening. We know things are bad and that people are suffering; of that there is no doubt. Each day we see evidence of what is happening at our constituency offices and we are doing our best to tackle the problems that exist.

There is an onus on all Members of this House to send out a message of hope. During the past two days, such a message has been sadly lacking from those who occupy the Opposition benches. The more we hear from them, the more obvious it is that they are heading in opposite directions. They are now even fighting with each other over the airwaves.

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