Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

Our priority will be to manage the present situation sensibly. This will ensure we create the right environment to return to trend rate of economic growth, which is generally agreed by leading economic commentators to be 4%. In doing this we can sustain the real and tangible economic and social progress we have made. The measures I outlined this week will help us along that path.

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