Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

That gives the Government unity, which is the strength that is needed to lead this country to economic recovery over the next five years. If one accepts the criticism of past Government performance made by independent commentators and international observers, as the Deputies opposite seem to do, one must also accept their view on the Government's performance over the last two years. Quite an amount of revisionism and selective quoting from the two reports is taking place.

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