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Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (17 Nov 2009): Michael Kennedy: ...for Finance state that they would gladly welcome ideas. Tonight we did not get one idea other than the bland assertion that the Government created the problem. Whoever we lay the blame on, we are where we are. It does not resolve the difficulties for those who are unemployed, it does not reduce our balance of payments and it does not get us one cent towards the â¬500 million that we...
Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (17 Nov 2009): Michael Kennedy: With due respect, the Deputy is getting populist again. As I said earlier, we are where we are, so let us deal with the issues today.

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