Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)

I agree with my colleague that the Government is showing enormous disrespect for the excellent motion moved last night. People throughout the State are agog with disbelief about the Government's decision to hand over this amount of money. The failure of an individual who plays a particular role - he has been identified already - to attend the debate is a disgrace. We are handing €1.5 billion to unsecured and unguaranteed bondholders today.

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