Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

On the same issue, does the Government propose to set aside time for a debate on the developments in the European Union? It is clear that there is now an acceptance among many member states that the rates of interest negotiated by the Government as a sovereign regarding the IMF-EU deal are penal and that nothing in the EU treaties makes provision for a three-percentage-point facilitation fee penalty to be charged to a country like Ireland.

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