Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We have come a long way since the depths of our economic and fiscal crisis - a crisis that was supported and cheer-led by some of the more vocal people opposite. The clear evidence presented today proves that fact. Our task now is to map the next phase of our nation’s journey. This will be a country that creates good jobs with secure incomes, that provides well run public services, that listens and responds to people’s needs, that builds real communities and that provides real opportunities for all our people.

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