Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Government was elected to resolve the deep crisis inflicted on the country. This is a crisis with its roots in the greed and recklessness of the banks and the developer class, as well as the irresponsibility and political opportunism of the party opposite that they supported. For too many of the people, the crisis is about surviving. It is about surviving the loss of a job, with a business intact, providing for their children, keeping their home and keeping going. What they really want to know - the question they ask of every Member - is what we are doing to fix the problem.

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