Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

The only point I would make is that the Tánaiste has been to the United States in the past two weeks. The Minister for Foreign Affairs was there last week. The Tánaiste is co-ordinating a response in terms of how this issue will evolve on Capitol Hill over the coming months and possibly years. Adequate resources are being provided for that in personnel terms.

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