Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I know it upsets Deputy Mattie McGrath. He was part of it. It was the saddest day for me. My grand uncle died for this country and we got the Free State. They handed over the Free State to the troika. We will have the troika out by the end of this year and we will have our economy back again. I want to say to those who are lecturing us today, "We did not create the mess. We are cleaning up the mess and that is why we have to make the decisions now for the good of this country, for the future and for the young people of this country."

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