Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

People in this country are being educated to the highest standards and are getting jobs commensurate with their abilities. We have an economy that is outperforming all our competitors in Europe and that is significant enough to defend the record of the Government. We have achieved unprecedented success and we look forward to continuing this work in committees during July and September and returning to the fray as soon as the Connacht final is over.

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