Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)

I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the sustainability of the so-called bailout. Yesterday, despite what the Taoiseach stated in the Chamber this morning, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, performed yet another of the U-turns for which the Government is fast becoming famous. He informed Members that he now is backing down on Fine Gael's stated and hyped demand for a reduction in the interest rate in the face of French intransigence. While the Minister was quick enough to embrace French Finance Minister, Christine Lagarde-----

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