Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

The negotiations resulted in a good arrangement for this country, which confirmed the national recovery plan the Government had already adopted. The Government had already embarked on contingency planning for the difficulties we face in respect of funding the State. Those contingency plans were finally formulated in a national recovery plan, which is the sovereign decision of the Irish Government and was accepted by the international authorities.

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