Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

All of them are strongly in favour of a political decision being made with regard to this country easing its way out of the bailout programme and reducing the level of pressure on our people. I would like to reassure Deputy Ross with regard to both of these issues. The issue of the Anglo Irish Bank promissory note, which we are trying to unravel here, is being discussed directly by the Minister for Finance, his counterparts and the European Central Bank. The issue of the decision on sovereign and bank debt, which is also being discussed directly, is the responsibility of the Council and the heads of government. We are absolutely clear, as other countries are, on what the 29 June decision actually means. It is not about some problem that might arise in the future. It is about a problem that exists now, having developed in the past. The implications of that problem are very exacting for many people in this country.

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