Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

It is not just about interest rates. Why will the Taoiseach not raise at the European Council the more fundamental issues agreed in the communique of 11 March on delivering more sustainable loan terms not only for Ireland but also as a comprehensive European solution to the debt issue? A pattern is emerging whereby everything is being divested to Ministers once it does not land on the Taoiseach's desk.

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