Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

With respect, I reject Deputy Gilmore's contention. He spoke about the game being up; we are not playing any game. We are in the serious business of trying to maintain financial stability in the State, against a background in which far stronger economies than ours are having to contend with the same mammoth task.

Deputy Gilmore continues to use populist phrases such as "bail-outs".

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