Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

What the Taoiseach and I said last Thursday, after the decision of the people in the referendum was known, was that the outcome would strengthen the Government's hand in the efforts under way to renegotiate the terms of the bank debt, which is an enormous burden on the people. It is useful to reflect on what we are attempting to do. The House made a decision in September 2008, proposed by Fianna Fáil and supported by Sinn Féin-----

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