Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

Ar dtús, go n-éirí an t-ádh leis an Taoiseach ag an chruinniú Comhaontas Eorpach níos moille inniu, ach tá níos mó ná "Tá" de dhíth ag an Taoiseach agus caithfidh sé athrú mór a dhéanamh. Mar shampla, on 30 September in Warsaw the Taoiseach ruled out treaty change as part of the effort to solve the euro crisis and he repeated this on 10 October yet on Sunday it is reported that he and other European leaders agreed treaty change. He is involved in negotiating a 50% to 60% writedown in Greek debt, yet he refused to make the case for reductions in banking debt in Ireland. He laments the lack of money here for job creation for various people yet is prepared to pay billions of euro to unguaranteed bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank. Mar a dúirt mé go minic leis an Taoiseach, tá rogha ag an Rialtas - seasamh leis an daonlathas nó leis an super elite. Is léir go bhfuil Fine Gael agus Páirtí an Lucht Oibre leis an super elite. Next Wednesday the Government will pay out €700 million to unguaranteed bondholders and a total of €2 billion between now and the end of January.

There are three questions I wish to put to the Taoiseach. Does he still oppose any further centralisation of fiscal powers and will he assure the House that any treaty changes will be put to a referendum? Will he seek a writedown of Irish banking debt at today's summit? Will he give a clear commitment not to pay €700 million next Wednesday to unguaranteed bondholders? Some €700 million would pay for special needs assistants and hospitals and it would mean no welfare cuts, no household charges and no universal social charge.

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