Margaret Conlon (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

That will not be on the front pages of tomorrow's newspapers.

Next week will be important. It is the duty of Government to take the difficult but correct decisions in the national interest and not the populist decisions. We will do our duty and I ask Opposition Members to support the budget in the national interest. It has been said many times that it is not time for politics as usual. Let us put the country and its recovery first. I am prepared to play my part. Are the Deputies opposite?

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