Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Labour Party and Deputy Howlin, in particular, for bringing forward this very important motion. I defend the position of the Labour Party in government between 2011 and 2016, as well as the role played by Deputies Howlin and Jan O'Sullivan and many other Labour Party Ministers who made very difficult decisions during those years. If had been some of the people on the opposite side of the House in government, I do not believe the country would be in the position it is today. I refer to the economic recovery we have made in those years.

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