Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)

-----he might get a flavour of some of the good news that is happening in this country.

Furthermore, we have employed an all-of-government approach across every single Department to rebuilding our reputation across the European Union and globally, and this is bearing fruit. A contrast can be made with the kind of editorials and commentaries that were not merely common but were almost akin to a daily barrage towards the end of 2010 and the early part of 2011, in which analysts repeatedly condemned Ireland, which was regarded as one of the PIGS with no prospect of getting its house in order or correcting and balancing its budget. However, this viewpoint and prospective has changed dramatically. If one reads the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and all the euro-press in pretty much every member state - I do not know whether Deputy Boyd Barrett takes the time to do this-----

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