Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Even by my standards it will be brief. I agree entirely but I think about the commotion around the time of the financial crash. We were given advice that contradicted itself on a daily basis. I remember this vividly because I was asked by colleagues in the Dáil whether I had read such-an-such a person, an eminent person but I will not mention names. I said no, I had not, that I had heard it all before and it was repeating what was said before. I suggest that we do not do anything to scare off those who might be investing here. It is hugely important. What we do with the resources coming from them should not be a reaction in any way that would undermine their confidence in our ability to allow them to work from and export from this country and to employ people in this country. We have them in abundance at this time but we can deal with more. We can have more. The country is growing and so is the economy. We need labour, people to work, more than ever before. That is just my comment. I am not an expert; I am a home-made philosopher. I have some of those tendencies that emerge from time to time. My regards to Fr. Seán Healy. He has a good memory still.