Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

It is important to say the Deputy seems to believe he can turn his back on this issue, walk away from it and leave it behind. The next time he comments I will invite him to tell us how he would deal with an €18 billion deficit when he would not be closing beds in hospitals but entire hospitals. There would be nothing with which to pay gardaí, teachers, nurses or other public servants. He has not made any constructive suggestion on how the gap might be bridged.

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