Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

In the past, we have taken the Stages of social welfare Bills on consecutive days. The Government wants to proceed and the country expects us to get on with implementing the decisions we have taken. We have the full support of the House this week, next week and every other week because it is what we have to do to ensure that we get the country back to recovery quickly.

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