Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)

——and we will continue to do so.

We also seem to forget what we have achieved to date. It is important that when we are trying to do the groundwork and build a platform for recovery of the economy that we acknowledge that this country has achieved much in recent years. We have 2 million people at work, a low income tax base, fairly high social welfare payments to protect the vulnerable and we have the second highest minimum wage in the OECD at €8.65 per hour.

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