Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

Finally, does the Taoiseach not realise the people fundamentally distrust both him and the Government? Does the Taoiseach realise the undemocratic way in which the Government is operating was a huge factor in people's minds last Friday? The Taoiseach could not convince the people to abolish an institution elected by means that would make the managers of the old rotten boroughs in the Ireland of the 1700s and 1800s blush. Does the Taoiseach agree it is time the Irish working people took back the power from the bondholders and the bankers, as well as from the Government that carries out the wishes of those massively powerful and private sectors to the huge cost of the people?

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