Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

Since 1997, 600,000 people are at work in Ireland in new jobs, giving opportunity to people and a massive lift to our economy.

This is an Opposition that has nothing to say about massive increases in pensions and in children's allowances. Its members remain silent about repeated and radical reductions in income tax. They have nothing to say about the relentless effort to build a just and a lasting peace on this island.

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