The following motion was moved by Deputy Shane Ross on Tuesday, 5 February 2013:"That Dáil Éireann:in view of the imminent danger of Ireland's humiliation in the negotiations with the European Central Bank over the Anglo Irish Bank promissory notes, calls on the Government to:— make a public declaration that Ireland is unwilling to, and will not, pay the €3.1 billion payment due on 31st March; — assert that the debt is not the moral obligation of the Irish people; and — demand from the European Central Bank that a prerequisite to a settlement of the promissory note issue will require a negotiated write-down of the debt embracing fair sharing of the burden across the Eurozone.”

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