Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

-----that all sorts of predictions regarding outcomes, etc., have been made after each summit which has taken place since February. We have been continually informed that things will get better and that decisive interventions have been made. Within days, however, every set of proposals that has emanated from one of these summits has failed. When he entered Government, the Taoiseach stated that he would embark on a diplomatic initiative.

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