Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the grave damage caused in the economies of Ireland and other countries in the EU by the actions of faceless, unelected and unaccountable institutions in the financial markets including ratings agencies and the need to bring these institutions into public ownership and under democratic control to serve the well-being of society rather than maximisation of private corporate profit.

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