James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is the empty noise of a party that ran out of ideas and idealism a long time ago, a party that has damaged each and every family in this country because of the economic collapse over which it presided, a party that sold our nation down the river.

It is a bit ironic to be charged with poor governance by a party that left this Government with the biggest budget deficit in our history; that, through collective incompetency, lost Ireland its economic sovereignty and damaged our credibility and international reputation; that gave new meaning to the brown envelope; and seriously discredited our system of government.

Deputies Kelleher and McConalogue have bizarrely promoted the idea that I went into hiding when the cuts were announced. I was on television the very next day-----

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