Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

I do not know how many times it has to be conveyed to the Fianna Fáil Party that this country has lost its economic sovereignty. It was signed away 12 months ago by a Government of which Deputy Smith was a member. We control neither the chequebook nor the policy in relation to a range of items of public expenditure. We have to work within that constraint. We will do whatever we can to regain that economic sovereignty as quickly as possible. The Deputy should not ask questions when he already knows the answers to them.

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