Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

Why did he immediately reject the idea of a debt conference, as raised by Syriza? Surely that would be an opportunity to outline the injustice of the savage austerity imposed on the people of Ireland, Greece, Spain, etc. It would be a chance to show how all of this was done to salvage the rule of the international banks and tycoons. It would be an opportunity to audit wealth and separate out the odious bank debt that was heaped on workers and the unemployed throughout Europe.

Does the Taoiseach agree that if the troika does not agree to dramatically write down the debts of Greece and Ireland we should refuse to pay those debts, that this is not our debt and that the €8 billion we will be forced to pay this year would be better put into our public services?

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