Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

——allow for the delivery of sustainable economic renewal and the securing of our public finances. Statements can be made by any Member of this House on those issues. When the Framework for Delivering Sustainable Economic Renewal was launched by the Government, the complaint in this House was that we would not debate it. I said we would have that debate at the first available opportunity. We can have that debate in the House today.

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