Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The suicide rate has reached shocking proportions. Mass emigration has returned, bringing with it social consequences. Vulnerable people, including the elderly and those with disabilities, have been directly impacted by cuts in services.

This is not our debt. It was not our debt in 2008.

It was not our debt in 2011 when, during the general election, so much was said about Frankfurt's way or Labour's way. It is not our debt and there is an obligation on this Government to seek to mutualise it and write it off. It is an unfair and disgraceful burden that has been placed on the citizens of this State.

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