Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Lessons have been learned. We must now move forward and resume our focus on the real challenges that remain - jobs for our young people, sharing the benefits of the recovery fairly and across all regions of the country, providing more social housing and developing a fairer taxation system that supports jobs and enterprise.

Unlike some in this House, and as I stated earlier, I want my legacy to be one of achievement, not destruction, and to take decisions that are defined by the long-term needs of the country and the needs of future generations and not by the electoral cycle.

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