Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

It is a moment of unparalleled crisis in Europe. Everybody across Europe and the world is talking about it. From all we have heard today, there are no great signs that Europe will solve it either at today's summit or this week and that it will come up with a half-hearted answer which will not be comprehensive or resolute enough. It is imminent and it is at a level similar to the 2008 collapse. It is that serious. Any serious economic analysis of what is happening in Europe confirms that reality.

What does this House propose? It proposes to take next week off in the aftermath of such a serious situation facing the eurozone-----

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