Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I expect you to acknowledge the fact that hundreds of thousands of people have gone back to work in the past number of months because of sound economic policies.

Through the PUP, EWSS and other initiatives, we kept businesses and employment intact, but all I get from the Deputy every day is one tale of misery after the other. One would imagine there were thousands of people out of work all of the time.

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