Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

We took 330,000 people out of the universal charge and we reversed the cut in the national minimum wage. We are not required to contribute €11 billion to the ESM. That figure is the amount that may be called upon. It is different to the amount that countries are required to contribute up front. This country's contribution to the ESM is less than 1.6% of the total fund.

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