Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent)

The Minister said the real threat is on the IMF agreement. The agreement, as we all know, says nothing about these bonds, and therefore we are being held not just to an IMF agreement but to something beyond that agreement. I encourage the Minister to provide anything on the record to Members of the House in order that we can debate that and consider the cost-benefit analysis. I accept it is his judgment, but as fellow Members of Parliament it would be useful for us to be able to make judgments, and for that we need more than the Minister's say-so.

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