Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

If I could sign the write-down, as Deputy Mathews will be aware, I and the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, would do that tomorrow. The problem is we must convince people. Argument is important and we marshal our argument as best we can and use whatever tools and leverage we have in this regard. We need to make progress on the banking debt, and we have made substantial progress. It was described by my party leader as a most significant event when the Heads of Government for the first time - Deputy Mathews can say that a few of them-----