Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I came into the House this morning and I agreed, as leader of my party, to the target announced by the Taoiseach, namely, that we get back to 3% by 2013. I did that in the interests of the country because it is important to communicate to the outside world that there is political agreement in the country and in this House about the overall economic and public finance objectives we must have.

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