Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

The challenge now is to come forward with the right policies to take us through the present crisis. We are doing that. I am satisfied that in the long run people will look back and say that while it was a politically difficult and traumatic situation, the right economic decisions were taken in terms of the fundamentals. That is what matters.

We can and will get through to recovery. This matters far more than short term politics and will decide the mandate of the next Government.

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