Conor Lenihan (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)

I thank Senators for their contributions to the debate which is hugely important. It is also important that we recognise that the worst is over, that we have turned the corner and, in the fabled words of the Minister for Finance when presenting the budget last December, that we have marked a different line and are on the cusp of economic recovery. All of the evidence available to the Government and the agencies which work with it is that recovery is under way.