Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)

I propose to share time with Deputy Tom Barry.

In theory, this debate is about the sale of State assets but in reality, it is about the sale of the country by Fianna Fáil. The Deputies and Ministers of the previous Government destroyed our country and put our economy into rack and ruin. They left us with over 440,000 people unemployed. The positive, constructive debate that the country wants is coming from this side and I wish Deputy Fleming and his colleagues would wake up and make a constructive commitment to our country for a change.

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