Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

We have heard that technical discussions are under way but Members of this House do not have a clue what the Government is trying to achieve. I reiterate that the news from the Minister of State, Deputy Hayes, that we will have to pay the €3.1 billion at the end of March as no result will be achieved by then is bad news. This means that we will continue to bear this burden in 2014 and 2015. The Government does not appear determined enough to achieve anything in this area. So far, it has done nothing.

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