Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

First, I wish to join the Taoiseach and Deputy Kenny in congratulating Senator Obama on his election as President of the United States and to welcome the promise of a more multilateral approach towards foreign policy by the United States. It is interesting, as one looks across the Atlantic at the celebrations that have been taking place in cities and streets across the United States, what a sense of renewal and fresh hope a change of government can bring to a country.

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