Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Let us put a little bit of context into where we are tonight. It is only days ago since the Government had to revisit the water charges scheme. Following the announcements, the EU officials from the troika who were here reviewing issues tried to start pushing us around again. I appreciate that the three gentlemen occupying the ministerial benches are not in an easy position. It is an awkward one. I would be inclined to make the excuse that the difficulty in getting the numbers right could have been caused or exacerbated by people pushing the Ministers around. Tell them to go to hell.

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