Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

As I stated, it would be lovely to be able to stand up and state it has all been sorted and everybody will be better off. If we are to have our country and economic sovereignty back, we cannot go on in the way we did and we will not do so. Therefore, we must make decisions which, on the one hand, will meet that target and, on the other, do everything possible to return people to work and take them off the live register, while protecting the most vulnerable in society. That is what the Government will do.

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