Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

-----is a way in which we can manage the situation but the point we are concerned with here is how does Ireland recover, create jobs and grow? It cannot grow on the basis of deficits of the order of 11.9%. It must reduce these deficits to restore confidence domestically and abroad. That is the basis and thrust of the current Government consideration.

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