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

It is simply more spin from the Government. It might bring benefits in terms of the general Government balance, but it has not removed the burden of the placement of the Anglo Irish Bank on the shoulders of taxpayers, which was wrong. It has increased it. This was the time - the golden hour - to secure a deal, to say to the ECB that we are not in a position to pay back this debt.

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