Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is fortunate that Ireland will assume the Presidency of the EU at the very time when the issue of banking union is coming to fruition. It gives us an opportunity to use the position we have in the Council to drive forward the process and implementation of what has already been agreed. It also gives us the opportunity to put the issues we face in respect of bank debt centre stage.

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