Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

Incredibly, despite that certainty - something even the Government's spokespeople more or less acknowledged in the last week of the referendum debate - the Government refused to have a full debate on the European Stability Mechanism. That is just extraordinary. We could be tied into this ESM and the austerity that will go with it for years because of the failure of the Government's policies and the failure to get a write-down of debt. All the Government is allowing is a few hours of debate on the ESM. Serious issues are contained within the ESM. It lacks public accountability and public oversight and it will be immune from prosecution and investigation. It could cost the State €11 billion or more to be involved in it-----

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