Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

We proposed that the health bureaucracy be streamlined. The results of the Taoiseach's failure to listen to anyone who did not share his views are clear for all to see. This country has experienced the most expensive crisis of almost any country. Some €74 billion is being pumped into the banks, while credit is being denied to thousands of businesses. The Minister, Deputy Brian Lenihan, said that NAMA would create a wall of cash, but that has not happened. The Taoiseach knows it is not happening. Despite the spin about green shoots, small and medium sized retail enterprises are starved of cash and are barely hanging on.

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