Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

With the agreement of the House I will share time with Deputies Joe O'Reilly, Colm Keaveney, Patrick O'Donovan, Mary Mitchell O'Connor and John Paul Phelan.

I am delighted to have the opportunity to talk about the national internship scheme. We are now at the third anniversary of the disastrous bank guarantee. It is a pity some of the parties who voted for the guarantee were not astute in recognising the difficulties into which it would lead us and the legacy it would leave.

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