Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

Again the Deputy seeks to synopsise and misrepresent what I had to say last Thursday. I at no stage suggested that this is a matter of the Government not taking its responsibilities. I have always taken my responsibilities; I take them fully and absolutely. Every action I took was on the basis of a decision taken rationally at the time based on advices received and my own judgment.

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