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

A significant other part is on the loans taken in as a result of the crash caused by the bankers and bondholders. In effect, a significant amount of this €8 billion payment is directly attributable to those who crashed the economy. The same bondholders speculating in property are again taking from the taxpayer. That is a direct transfer from working people - in this case low-paid and middle income public sector workers - to the financial markets in Europe. Will the Minister give me an indication of timescales and figures which I asked him already?

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