Joan Burton

Turns out you were correct on all fronts.

It was one of those times when one didn't want to be right.

I'd have preferred to have been wrong.

But unfortunately, the state just got itself into a complete mess.

I think the banks got carried away completely.

And, you know, when we look back now, we've got out of it thanks to the sacrifice of everybody.

And I think we should just make sure to just keep a little note in our heads that these things can happen in the financial markets.

Yeah, I think what Dan is doing is very much public service, that he's saying to people, hold on, we're doing well, but it's not perfect and things can happen.

And I think it's the things can happen, which happened before, and they can happen very quickly.

So I do think it's appropriate to say, look, when we're doing all the reviews for the annual budgets and so on, and everything has gone over with a fine tooth comb.

But we need to look at where are the dangers and prepare to ward off those dangers should they arrive.

Hopefully they won't, but it's quite possible because, you know, the financial markets turn over, they change, and we have to deal with that.

We have the multinationals here.

They've been very, very successful.

But, you know, we need to keep looking and seeing how do we...

do whatever we're doing at the moment.

How do we do that better?

How do we do it with more security?

The other thing, of course, is that we've big, big challenges in relation to young people, many of whom are now beginning to emigrate again.

And I think that that's something that we need to be careful about.