Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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I am very thankful for this morning's excellent presentation because it is important. It is an eye-opener for some of us. I am certainly taken aback by some of the facts. They show we have an awful political operation ahead in the recovery to try to get ourselves to a place of financial stability in the future, while trying to do our best for the people who elect us and trying to ensure fairness for everybody in the recovery that is required. At the same time, we are trying to protect and safeguard overseas investment, which we do not want to jeopardise with regard to tax rates and corporation tax rates. We have to be so careful about how we proceed. I am very grateful to Deputy Doherty for some of his probing questions because they answered some of the questions I wanted to raise. I am grateful for the responses he received. I am thankful for the presentation. It was very informative. It is very important for us as public representatives to have heard what we did this morning.