Dáil debates
Thursday, 5 February 2009
Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed)
1:00 pm
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
——but it is one in which the public service can play a signal part in giving example to the rest of the community that in addressing our cost competitiveness, in being flexible in our work patterns in giving more for less pay and in working for this country and this nation we can address the very serious economic and financial circumstances which face us.
Those serious financial and economic circumstances are mirrored in every country in the world at present. There is nothing unique about the position in which Ireland finds itself. The problems we have in the housing sector are mirrored in Great Britain, Spain and the United States. I accept they are not mirrored in all countries. We are extremely fortunate in this period of profound economic and financial turmoil that we find ourselves, as a result of wise decisions by successive Governments, in the eurozone——
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