Arthur Spring (Kerry North-West Limerick, Labour)

There is no doubt that we will take some stick for this.

A lot of people are able to listen to simple rhetoric, but I would like to contradict some of the nonsense. Take a look at the corporation tax rate. In the past ten years only two people and one party used to look for the rate of corporation tax to be raised in this country. One was Deputy Boyd Barrett who is true to himself and would still like it to be increased, while the other was President Sarkozy of France because he is uncomfortable with the fact that we have such a competitive advantage as a result. The party in question was Sinn Féin, but it has completely given in on the issue and seen the light. It is now happy with the rate being 12.5%. That is a fact.

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