Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

What they had to say was nothing short of a disaster for Ireland and I imagine that privately, the Taoiseach was probably angry with them. If he is not, he should be. The Taoiseach tells us that the pace of initiative and negotiation from the Department of Finance has been hectic since June. Will the Taoiseach confirm that the same Department of Finance welcomed the statement of these three finance Ministers last night? Why did it do that? What is the Government's strategy from now on to deliver the deal about which the Taoiseach has talked a good deal but which has failed to materialise?

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