Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

This deal was negotiated by the elite in Ireland for the elite in Europe and solely in the interests of those elites. It will keep the markets happy, including the loan sharks and speculators as we have seen already, but it was not our debt. It is not our debt and it should never have been put on the shoulders of ordinary people in this country.

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