Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is not the reality. Anyone who has gone out to work to make a living knows that no one owes him or her a living. One must create the opportunity. We have set out our ambitions for full employment, a housing sector that can provide an affordable home for everyone and fair access to health and education services. We can do this, but we can only do it on the basis of our economic success and ability to win new markets and produce goods people want to buy. On the back of this we can build the society we want to create. No one owes us a living and we must do these things through the ingenuity of the people.

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