Darragh O'Brien (Dublin North, Fianna Fail)

There is a viable plan in place. Many of the decisions taken in the past two and a half years have saved this State. We have been able to bridge our deficit by €14.5 billion. The decisions taken have not been easy or popular but they were necessary for the long-term good of this country. As a new Member of this House, I stand over every decision I have taken in the past three and a half years. I wonder whether the Opposition, if ever on this side of this House, will be able to stand over what they have been saying for the past three years. I doubt it.

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