Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

Would the Taoiseach agree that the IMF statement yesterday is proof that the IMF-EU deal is a disaster for Ireland? As revealed yesterday, the figures this deal is based on are false. The deal and the international lending agreements which underpin it are good for the big bankers and their bondholders, but very bad for Irish taxpayers. However, at every turn the Government recommits to this deal. It is bad enough on the part of Fine Gael but the Labour Party and its leadership recommit to it at every turn. Labour Party Ministers are briefing on more austerity policies, more cuts and more pressure on working people, public servants and the unemployed. Seo páirtí James Connolly, mar dhea.

Would the Taoiseach not make different political choices? Paying people's money into the banks means less money for growth and no money for jobs, front line services and for those who depend on them. It means there is no ability to pay back the burden of the banking debt. Is fear cliste é an Taoiseach. Tá fhios aige nach féidir an dubh a chur ina gheal ach ar feadh seala. Citizens elected the Taoiseach for change but níl athrú ar bith ann. There is no change in people's pockets and no change between this Government's policy and that of the last Government. Would the Taoiseach accept that the debt placed on the State by the last Government through the EU-IMF deal is unsustainable and that he, as our representative, must call a halt to it?

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