Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

In February, every country agreed to deliver a significant cut in our loan terms, but today we are again being blocked on a much smaller request. The Taoiseach's decision to hand over responsibility for these negotiations was a mistake and should be reversed immediately. Meetings with European leaders should not happen only during election time. We are not talking about a Gallic spat or anything that was over-hyped by the Taoiseach's people. The bottom line is this: a simple meeting or series of meetings with European leaders could do a lot to resolve this issue.

Yesterday, the man whom the Taoiseach was supporting-----

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