Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

The focus of the Government is on a lifestyle choice for people to have jobs and be engaged in productive work in this economy and we will go to the European Union tomorrow to contribute to the debate and keep the focus where it should be placed in changing the nature of the deal to ensure flexibility in terms of the rates applying from the fund to a country such as Ireland. The country is measuring up and must be seen to be receiving support from our European counterparts. I will make this argument very strongly tomorrow at the meeting.

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