Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

The Deputy has made the case for a very long time that his party would not cut its way out of a recession and that it will not tax its way out of recession. It is the responsibility of Government to create initiatives and to bring about opportunities so that employment can be created and jobs can come on line and people can be taken off the dole and contribute. The Deputy's party has a very different set of views from any other party in the House. In fact if we were to follow the Deputy's advice of last week, we would be heading down the very rocky road that the citizens of Greece find themselves on not only for the next four years but for the next 15 years, in spite of the Deputy's protestations.

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