Noel Treacy (Galway East, Fianna Fail)

The economy was on it is knees, a real basket case, and we were described as the poorest of Europe's rich in 1987. Deputy Naughten is very young and may not remember this period. Thankfully, Fianna Fáil returned to Government that year and set about pulling the country out of the doldrums.

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