Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

The Taoiseach should allow me to ask the question. If the interest rate had been reduced without compromising the corporation tax rate, Ireland would benefit by hundreds of millions of euro. We cannot make up our minds if we have not seen the compromise text put forward by Van Rompuy to break the deadlock on 11 March. It is a simple request. The Taoiseach has lectured everyone on transparency.

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