Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The Taoiseach is still behaving like this despite the economic difficulties which people have, with the number of unemployed twice what it was last year. There was a report yesterday from the city and county development boards showing that half the businesses with which they have been in contact are finding it more difficult now to get credit from financial institutions than they did six months ago.

The Taoiseach has come in here and told us that he does not want to defer decisions but he has done nothing else.

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