Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

Deputy Gilmore should not come in here suggesting that an adjustment of €4.5 billion by the Labour Party is equivalent to a €6 billion adjustment by the Government. He should not come in here and suggest he can charge €2.5 billion of tax on working families throughout this country as part of his solution for next year. That would be the biggest killer of jobs of any package and one that we would reject and refute.

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