Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

With respect, I have done so and will continue to do so. I accept the acknowledgement that we are not in a 1980s situation. Hopefully other Opposition parties will also do so. At the same time as I provide Deputy Gilmore with a critique as I see it of where we go from here, let the Opposition put its critique on the table, but it must be coherent.

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