Eoghan Harris (Independent)

We need to face the fact that we might have the best part of a million people out of work. We need to stop playing party politics. I repeat the call I made before Christmas for a national Government. We need a national plan. We need to bring an end to this kind of partisan politics. We need reform and cutbacks, beginning with the political class. We should get real by making serious cuts to salaries and expenses, rather than tinkering with them.