Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

-----in the implementation of policies and in the resolution of their difficulties.

Deputy Gilmore spoke earlier about the will of the people and the mandate of the people. The people gave a mandate on 24 May 2007 to this Parliament, Dáil Éireann, to elect a Government. That is the mandate we are implementing.

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