Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

-----to understand their position and what savage deflation has done to this country in this third year of adjustments. The Taoiseach is proposing that we have six full years of adjustments. That is the deal with the IMF. There have already been two years of savage deflation and the Taoiseach's deal with the IMF is for four more years. This amounts to six years of savage deflation.

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