David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

-----the interest we are paying over five years is €33 billion. I do not need a response, but when people hear these figures, it sounds like Monopoly money. However, €33 billion is a huge amount of money when one considers how many hospitals and schools we need and the investment needed in and the pressures on public services. It is extraordinary that we have gone through that mountain of debt, but that is the legacy of the crash.

I will move on because I think I only have ten minutes today. The time has been reduced.