Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

That is the reality and that is where we found ourselves. I sat in the parliamentary party room with my colleagues in the House listening to the things that were about to happen and the dire economic straits the country was in and it was a very difficult place. There have been some improvements but it is not a land of milk and honey. I certainly hope we will get there sooner rather than later.