Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I make no apologies to anyone for doing that. When the Government makes its decisions in the coming days, we will report to this House the decisions we have taken. We can debate them here if we so wish. I have no problem with democratic accountability, but as long as I am running this Government, I will run it as I see fit and as I believe, based on my philosophy.

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