Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

In that case, I will summarise rather than quote the Taoiseach directly. On 17 or 18 July, he informed people in the United States that the Irish banks were very well capitalised and would not need Government support. He also indicated that he expected the economy to return to a growth rate of 3% to 4% after 2009.

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