Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

The Greeks got a write-down because they resisted. We have got nothing because we kowtowed.

As we approach the budget, and ordinary people in this country are quaking in their boots at the prospect of further austerity measures, surely we deserve a proper debate before next Wednesday on the Taoiseach's plan to hand over almost €0.75 billion to the bondholders of Anglo Irish Bank when he does not have to. Can we at least have a proper debate next week before he makes that momentous decision in advance of a budget about which people are very fearful?

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