Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Given that the Government has given up, the minimum it owes the people is a statement on what it looked for and why it has accepted receiving nothing at all.

We also need to hear why the Government appears not even to be asking for full equality for Ireland regarding its debts. We have received the same interest rates as other countries but the ECB is retaining its profits on holdings of Irish bonds. In the case of Greece, it returns these profits. I am not clear whether the Taoiseach ever pressed the ECB about this.

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