Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

It would seem that she is quite disconnected from the reality of the suffering of the Irish people as a result of her austerity agenda. What did the Taoiseach mean in June when he referred to a "seismic shift" with regard to debt? An earth tremor or a tidal wave often follows a seismic shift but we have not seen any waves or tremors that put any different or better configuration on the huge, unsustainable debts that the Irish people have been saddled with. I ask the Taoiseach to elucidate something practical with regard to the massive claims that both he and the Tánaiste have made.

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