Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael)

——not defended us against the comments of the French President, Mr. Sarkozy, to the effect that Ireland should not benefit from EU aid while retaining a low corporation tax rate? In Galway it accounts for the creation of 12,000 jobs in multinational companies. This shows how weak a negotiator the Government is. Where is its robust, definitive response? Let France, President Sarkozy and the European Union know this country is not a carcase to be picked at. We are fully compliant and supported France when it needed EU aid to bail out Renault.