Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

This is fantasy politics and the Deputy cannot have it both ways all the time. There is €2.6 billion left in unsecured private debts of the €97 billion in liabilities that were guaranteed by the previous Government in September 2008. The Deputy can sound off in here but we have a country that finds itself in difficult circumstances. Believe me, I have no intention of defaulting on Ireland's position and ending up with difficulties similar to those currently being experienced by the citizens of Greece, where 100,000 public servants have been let go, pay rates have been decimated and services are under serious pressure. Is that the kind of Ireland that the ceannaire of the Sinn Féin Party stands for? I do not believe so. The Deputy should speak about reality and a little bit of truth while leaving his hypocrisy outside the door in saying he will tell the troika to go home and take its money with it. The Deputy should explain how he expects the services of Ireland to be provided in the absence of that kind of money.

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