Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)

Will there be a second bailout? It will be news to the hundreds of thousands of people on the dole queues that progress is being made. It will certainly be news to lone parents upon whom the Government is imposing cutbacks. The Tánaiste is sticking to his own script in that regard.

The Tánaiste claims that the Government is in favour of growth, yet it pursues a policy of austerity. I asked him a direct question, namely, whether he believed we were facing into a second bailout. I asked him whether the Government had discussed the matter with the troika. I would like him to answer my questions.

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