Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

On the issue of the promissory note, the Minister for Finance raised all sorts of expectations but then came up with something that does not reduce our debt, deficit or the State's liability to Anglo Irish Bank. In fact, we now have to find an additional €90 million in taxes and cuts this year because of the increase in the debt. That is a bit of wizardry, revisionism and spin.

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