Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

They are not simply the priorities, they are the full gamut of activities that the Government would like to undertake if we achieve a 4.5% growth rate per annum for the next five years. It is clear, if the criticism is that we are not implementing the programme, that it would put us into an unsustainable public finance position. That is clearly not an option.

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