Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I understand the Opposition members have a duty to hold the Government to account. That is an account I am glad to give, and I will. Tonight, however, they are posing as an alternative Government in an election they claim they want now. If the Irish people know absolutely nothing about what this alternative Government plans to offer for the future, they do remember what they offered in the recent past.

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