Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will conclude briefly. I never said that any Opposition Deputy was anti-jobs. I simply said that Deputy Boyd Barrett and Deputy Murphy never mentioned them. I simply made the point that Deputy Doherty gave jobs a passing reference. That is what I said.

I do not base my arguments on appeals to patriotism. I believe we should be able to openly critique and debate policy. However, we should also acknowledge the fact that, as Deputy Fitzmaurice and Deputy McGrath highlighted, there are jobs in our country that many other countries throughout the world want in their countries. We need to ensure that we are competitive while making the right to changes in our tax code. The idea, as Deputy Murphy appeared to suggest, that if we doubled our tax rate, we would-----

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