Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

The last thing then, just to sum up the day, Mr. Hurley, in a sense. €64 billion of private bank and bondholders' debts was put on to the shoulders of the Irish people, which was private debt by private entities, by decision of the Government with the full support of yourself and the Central Bank. After seven years of austerity, hardship for our people, as a result of that decision-----