James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In light of the fact that our independence and our sovereignty was handed to the International Monetary Fund by the previous Administration and that the banking debt of this country has become the personal debt of every man, woman and child in the country, our sovereignty needs to be debated. The previous Administration handed our sovereignty over to the EU.

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