Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Most important, we can maintain our ability to borrow on the markets. The people putting forward this motion refuse to look at the day after tomorrow. They simply look at the short term or the quick gain. Who will pay the welfare bill, which is €20 billion as it stands in the country at the moment? Who will pay the education Bill? Who will pay those bills afterwards?

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