Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I agree with one thing the Minister for Finance said yesterday, namely, that the late Senator Ted Kennedy was one of the best friends this country ever had. I am pleased that his memory is to be honoured, but Ted Kennedy's name should not have been invoked to dignify a budget that flies in the face of everything that he worked for and fought for.

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