Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

It will bring order and stability to our public finances. It will enhance our productive capacity. It prioritises public investment projects that add to our competitiveness. While doing all of this, it will protect and support those most in need.

Global crisis is an over used phrase in political debate, but it is appropriate in the current circumstances. Crisis presents danger and today we have taken action to meet that danger.

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