Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)

I am as hopeful as I was last night. I am constrained because negotiations have been proceeding both here and in Frankfurt today but as well as that I have spent four hours in the Seanad dealing with the Finance Bill and I have only now got to this House to deal with this issue. I am sure I would have got a note advising me if anything adverse had occurred. My understanding is that matters are proceeding.

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