Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

-----that all parties in the House have accepted the need to return to the deficit target of 3% of GDP. The figure was agreed with the European Commission. We also agreed that this would have to be achieved by 2014 without adversely impacting on the capacity of this economy to grow. That has been acknowledged and I will acknowledge it again if it has not been heard. I also wish to reiterate-----

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