Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

Excuse me. Deputy Mathews is doing exactly what I accused all the Deputies of doing, and I am surprised at him.

Would the Taoiseach not agree that the dreadful social consequences of this deal are too great for Irish taxpayers to have to pay? Would the Government not be better to do now, in a planned way, what it should have done when it came into Government - that is, to tell our partners in Europe that this is not sustainable? We cannot pay.

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