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

Yes. On the other hand then, Mr. Gallagher, you said it wasn't a legal or constitutional impediment. You had these other considerations and pressure from Europe. But what was your reflection on putting a €64 billion burden of bad bank debts onto the shoulders of the Irish people, taxpayers and the consequences of austerity and so forth that flow from that?