Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

The Tánaiste has pointed it out during meetings with foreign affairs ministers and diplomats. I have pointed it out when I have attended Council meetings. I have not been travelling around Europe. I have been going around this country telling people that we will not sink under the weight of this economic challenge. We have not been hit by an earthquake or a tsunami. We have been left with a legacy that no previous Government, or previous incumbent as Head of Government, has had to face in the history of this State. I have to face such a legacy now.

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