Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

——his performance, and the quality of life and improved situation of the people of Kildare, which they know about, which needs no extolling by me in this House and which will not be denigrated despite the best rhetorical attempts of the Opposition today or for the course of the next three weeks, the people of Kildare will see that it is in their interests to ensure that they are represented on the Government benches for the remainder of this term. The Government parties will bring forward two eminently qualified candidates for consideration by them and, at the end of the day, we will emerge successful.

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