Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

He has led a Government that is on its way to achieving its most important goal, namely, restoring fiscal and financial stability for the people.

Before Christmas, when the first round of the talks failed, I remember there was derision and cynicism, particularly from the Members on the left, or sort of left, to the effect that he had thrown away an opportunity and squandered the future of the public service. What did he do? He worked hard and reassembled a negotiating team and, together with the public service unions and the Labour Relations Commission-----

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