Peter Power (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

That differs very greatly from Deputy Lee's analysis. What I have heard in the past 24 hours suggests to me that there is very little difference between the 1980s and what is happening now. He says there is, but I say there is not. I have listened to the colleagues of Deputies Durkan and Burton and on practically every major economic issue of the day the two parties are diametrically opposed. That is foursquare with what happened in the 1980s and I suggest it is-----

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