Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I do not accept for a moment what Deputy Gilmore suggests, that I should in some way walk away from the achievements of Government in the past or that I should walk away from taking responsibility for the position I now hold, which I gladly take on. I take it on with the same sense of duty as he would if he were in this position.

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