Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I believe Deputy Martin's party could have taken a different route in dealing with the issues. However, that is history and there is now a €64 billion imposition on the Irish people. The decision of the Council in June was to break the link between sovereign and bank debt. Everybody is clear on that. The decision of last Thursday and Friday was to put flesh on that by saying that we must have a date for the putting in place of the legal framework because we cannot do anything until we have that in place.

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