Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Last week the Government announced with great fanfare - it will claim rightly and justifiably - a deal on the promissory notes. Over the weekend we saw a certain amount of spinning to take credit for it and it was mentioned how the Government had said it would threaten and intimidate the Governor of the Central Bank to make sure a deal came through on time. There was the banging of fists on tables. What was most important was that the vast majority inside and outside this House had welcomed the deal. The Government claimed that it was necessary that there be a social dividend arising from it.

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