Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Sinn Féin's attitude when we took offices was that we should have told the troika to take a hike and take its money with it. If we had taken that party's advice, there would be no social welfare or educational provision and we would not have an economy. The economic strategy employed by the Government has brought us back to sustainability. We have taken very difficult decisions and the Deputy outlined a number of these.

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