Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

The Taoiseach raised this matter. Leaving aside the pressures of the European establishment, why is the Taoiseach prepared to die on the trenches to ensure big business does not pay a cent more but he has no compunction in hitting the working class and the disabled? When the Taoiseach meets President Van Rompuy, will he insist the issues of the bondholders and the interest rates to this State are key issues on the agenda of the EU Heads of Government? Otherwise, will the Taoiseach admit he has abandoned any intention of pursuing this, as the Minister for Justice and Equality seems to have told us?

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