Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following:"recognises the importance of completing an agreement on the issue of the promissory notes before the next scheduled payment on 31st March, 2013;

recognises that the current negotiation approach is the best course of action in order to achieve agreement with our European partners; and

notes that the Government will continue in its negotiations with the European Central Bank to achieve the best possible outcome for the Irish taxpayer."

I will share time with Deputies Connaughton and Mulherin. I do not doubt the sincerity with which the majority of the Deputies opposite hold their views, but it is difficult to listen with any seriousness to a minority of Deputies who were themselves, as history will show, some of the greatest cheerleaders for the banking cowboys who put this country in the hole it is in now.

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