Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I will. As the Taoiseach put it, they are discussions about the best way to provide support and assistance. It is now no longer about what they are here for but about the best way to achieve it.

I have some questions about the process which is clearly under way and was under way even when Ministers were denying it. What is on the agenda for the discussions with the European Commission, the ECB and the IMF? Who will conduct those discussions? Will they be conducted at official level or ministerial level? If they are conducted at official level, what Departments will be involved? The Taoiseach said he wished to work his way through this process. Will he just go with the flow of it or does the Government have an objective? He said he cannot predict the outcome and I accept that. He cannot predict the outcome, but he can tell us the outcome the Government intends to secure from this process. What is its objective in this process and what outcome does it wish to achieve for this country?

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