Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Deputies can laugh away and talk all they want but I am so disappointed. Having said that, we are used to disappointments from the Taoiseach. We had disappointment yesterday with regard to the Magdalen laundries and we have had it every day since he came into office. We will have a debate next week, which I look forward to. I also look forward to my colleagues making realistic and honest points. The bottom line, however, is that the debt is crippling, it is not our debt and we have no write-off. The deal is an abject failure.

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