Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister for Social Protection must take up the slack when people become unemployed. The blame for the numbers who have become unemployed rests with people like Deputy Mattie McGrath, who abdicated his responsibility. Unfortunately, the people of this country have been punished as a result of his negligence and the negligence of the Government of which he was a part. He saw the train coming down the tracks and he jumped because he did not have the courage of his convictions.

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