Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This is the first Question Time in 2013. We can have all the smart aleck comments the Minister wishes for the next year, but I asked him three specific questions. I know he cannot go into detail, but is it the Government's intention that the debt-to-GDP ratio will be reduced as a result of the successful negotiation of a deal? Is it the intention that the taxpayer will be spared from paying some of the capital? Is it the intention that we will pay at lower interest rates on the portion of the capital included as part of a deal? These are three genuine questions the Minister may wish to dismiss, but I have a democratic right to ask questions. I also have a right to expect answers from him.

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