Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

That is the policy of us all, but one does not get people back to work simply by making a declaration about it in Leinster House. It has to be worked upon and one must restore international confidence in the country. In order to get people back to work we have to persuade people, outside this country first of all, to invest here to create jobs. We are doing so and the proof of the pudding was the IDA's performance last year. Second, we have to restore confidence within the country so that we can grow our domestic economy. Dumping down on the country and dumping down on what we are doing to bring about recovery does not do an awful lot to bring that about.

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