Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)

I am struggling to believe that a delegation from any part of the globe could come here and get an honest briefing and be, as the Taoiseach put it, on a real high. Whatever about recognising the positives in terms of demography, the work ethic of Irish people, their ingenuity and so on, there is nothing here about which to be on a real high. I am also surprised the Taoiseach's reaction to the rate of emigration is that nobody likes to leave.

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