Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There was no negotiation on that; it had to happen for us even to reach the last drawdowns of the assistance programme. There has been talk about us exiting the programme as if it is a positive step we will take. It is not. The people need to know that means we are just down to the last drawdowns - we are down on empty now on the loans. They have left us on empty and it is not right. The Germans have not got a clue.

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