Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)

I see this problem with the Anglo promissory notes as symptomatic of something even more fundamental. Yesterday, when the EU Commissioner, Olli Rehn, was asked about the promissory notes, he embarked upon a kind of lecture to us and the rest of Europe about our obligations. First of all, the Taoiseach should tell the Commissioner that we are not given to taking lectures from him. He said each and every member state respects the commitment it has undertaken and this is valid in the case of Ireland as well. He went on to tick us off in Latin, no less, about our obligations. Before he breaks into Latin, I suggest he should brush up on his Greek.

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