Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

Today the International Monetary Fund reiterated in its review of the euro area economy that economic recovery would not happen unless decisive actions were taken to stabilise and revitalise the banking system. We have taken those actions, sometimes with the support of the main Opposition party, with the relentless opposition of the Labour Party, the members of which want to say out of the sides of their mouths at all stages that we are bailing out the builders and not helping others.

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