Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

-----guarantee funding for Ireland and other countries that are in a programme. They guarantee that if we measure up, we will have the support and confidence of our colleagues. That is the way we want to be. The longer-term picture for this country is a return to growth, rising employment, expressions of confidence by means of deposits in the Irish banks, continuing investment from abroad and rising confidence in small and medium sized enterprises, one in five of which will be back in the employment business next year. We require a clear focus and a steady head so we can retain our reputation and our confidence. If Deputy Adams goes to his local furniture store in Dundalk and offers the owner half the price of a suite of furniture, I am quite sure his reputation and his integrity will suffer as a consequence. Similarly, with this country-----

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