Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

If we do not continue with the corrections that Deputy Gilmore has opposed since 2008 and which now number €15 billion so far, between tax and expenditure, and will amount to another €15 billion between now and 2014. If we had listened to the Deputy and not gone ahead with the correction, the rate of correction would be even greater.

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