Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

This seems to be about reducing the interest rate on the bailout. While this is important, it will happen anyway, as other Sinn Féin Deputies and I have stated previously. I am trying to come to terms with the matter. As I look at the Greek Government's situation, the Taoiseach has not even had a discussion with his counterparts at a summit on Ireland's disastrous situation. In fact, he boasted in the Chamber about taking the issue off the agenda.

Does the Taoiseach know that the Greek Government recently had a high-level meeting with select EU finance Ministers to discuss the worsening Greek situation? Has he received any word about this secretive emergency meeting, which involved France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, the European Central Bank and Olli Rehn, the European economics Commissioner?

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