Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

His party's Government built its future and that of the nation on the backs of a construction industry and housing boom which clearly could not last. Successive Government speakers ascribed the current woes in the economy to international factors. They have lost sight of what government should be about. It is about having balanced budgets, efficient governance, value for money, job protection and security and keeping inflation down. The Government has failed on these fundamental issues. We now have the worst Administration in 40 years.

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