Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We have also met the troika on a number of occasions. I shall give my take on them.

While they listened politely to concerns about demand in the economy and the fact that the domestic economy is flat as a pancake, I walked away with the view that either they did not really understand the significance of that or they were not terribly bothered by it. It certainly was not on their list of priorities. What was Mr. Trethowan's impression? Did they understand that part of the equation? Do they care?