Search for "we are where we are" speaker:Tom Barry (KildareStreet.com)

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011): Tom Barry: .... I am trying to run a business on cash flow without the support of the banking sector and conditions are absolutely terrible. I am not prepared to listen to those who say this just happened and we are where we are. The increase in public sector numbers between 2000 and 2010 equated to false employment and a non-productive growth area. It was a costly way to reduce the unemployment...

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