Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

We have just come though an election in which the people of the country gave a democratic mandate to the parties who are now in Government. The debate that took place during the election campaign was clear; it concerned the disaster of the blanket bank guarantee. Unfortunately, with the exception of the Labour Party, all other parties in this House, including the Independents at the time and Sinn Féin, voted for the blanket bank guarantee. In many ways, those votes of Sinn Féin and the Independents who were here, and who were aligned with both sides-----

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