Seanad debates
Friday, 5 December 2008
The Economy: Statements
1:00 pm
Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)
I will not go over all the good proposals, suggestions and views of Senators that were expressed to the Minister and the Minister of State. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, for attending. He is an eminent person who has made a huge contribution to our country in my lifetime. I thank him for remaining for the debate as many Senators want to express their opinions.
Those of us who were here in the 1980s remember the difficulties we experienced then. We saw bad government in the mid-1980s in particular. I remember one budget in 1987, when Fianna Fáil took office——
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