Darragh O'Brien (Dublin North, Fianna Fail)

We are all aware of the sacrifices being made within the private sector where employees are taking pay cuts in order to retain their jobs and where thousands of people have lost their jobs in recent months, including in my constituency of Dublin North with the announcement of SR Technics earlier this week.

I am sorry I was so rudely interrupted throughout my five minutes. I had more to contribute to the debate but I will defer to my Labour Party colleagues and see if they can show us what they would do, and show some bottle for once.

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