Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)

As has been said, other banks are up back behind that at present. The majority of these people feel like they are falling off a cliff. If one contrasts this desperately sad situation with the back-slapping fest that went on yesterday within Government, it was unbelievable to see. Will the Tánaiste admit at this stage that in many way he has become the Minister for emigration and that emigration is now a central policy platform of the Government to tackle unemployment?

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