Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We now have the real prospect, if stability returns to the eurozone, of faster growth in this economy than in similar economies elsewhere. Sinn Féin is playing parliamentary games and one-upmanship in the context of whether this motion would create more damage than would the continuation of the budget debate or the debate on the X case. If creating mayhem with a motion of no confidence would create more disruption, then it will go for that. The fact of the matter is that Sinn Féin is having no impact with this motion. Everybody recognises that it is a joke and will see through it for the joke it is. There is serious business confronting this Parliament that must be done and Sinn Féin is simply-----

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