Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)

I welcome the fact that the Labour Party has moved to this point. However, I must mention, as I have many times, that in Ireland's hour of need on 29 September 2008, when the Government had to make a major decision to provide the bank guarantee, it was unfortunate that the Labour Party decided to be populist and not support this critical decision in the context of the banking crisis facing Ireland.

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