Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

They are building political careers on failure and the misery of the people and hoping the difficulties will continue. They got a shock today because as well as the internationally trading economy going well, the domestic economy has lifted and in the third quarter of this year there was growth in the domestic economy. GDP is growing again and it will grow stronger this year than estimated in the budget. Next year's figures, on the basis of today's figures, will be stronger than what was built into the budget. This is working despite all their theory and arguments that it will never work. We are getting the country out of the misery it was in when we took it over.

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