Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We may have to reform, but should we do so on our own, oblivious to the actual realities of the global economic model, whether we like it or not? There is much I dislike about globalisation - wage rates across the world, the absence of any conformity with health and safety requirements and the lack of any adherence to consumer rights.

Let us introduce a dose of realism to this debate. I put it to the Taoiseach that the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, was out of order at a Conservative Party conference to have a cut off Ireland-----

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