Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

That is the reason I was loth to clap this time because when one reads the small print of the deal, one can see it is not a deal. It is a cop-out, Taoiseach. It is a let-down to the Taoiseach, the public representatives sitting behind him, the Government parties and, above all, the Irish people. We had to fight and we had our chance. From all the noises the Taoiseach was making in recent weeks, we thought we would get something of a seismic deal, but we got nothing. Not a shilling has been written down off the legacy debt.

As I said last night, not one banker, accountant or person has been arraigned. Everybody is entitled to their day in court and to justice but not one person has been fully charged and brought before the courts two or three years later. Who is the Government protecting - that is the question I want to ask - or what mighty organisation on high is it protecting?

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