Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

That is why the Minister, Deputy Bruton, was in the United States last week. That is why, in the course of my own work in New York last week, I worked with the IDA in talking to a number of companies. That is why the restoration of Ireland's reputation, which was so badly damaged in the lifetime of the previous Government, has been so important to us. We are seeing the fruits of the work of this Government over the course of the past six months in the restoration of this country's reputation.

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