Derek Nolan (Galway West, Labour)

A Fine Gael Government would not have reinstated the legislation to protect people in JLCs, on which the Minister's comments were clear. A Fine Gael Government would not have protected the basic rates of social welfare. That is a fact and I would rather be honest with the people and achieve something in Government and have an input to a programme for Government at the most difficult time the country has ever faced, rather than be the cynical shower sitting on the Opposition benches taking cheap shot after cheap shot with no economic substance or though-out policy. I will go back to the people at the next election-----

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