Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That all happened because we chose the path of engaging constructively with the institutions at a European level. While the private sector was involved in the debt restructuring in Greece in 2012, that was because of the scale of its debt, at 175% of GDP. Ireland's peaked at 123% and has now fallen to 111%, and will fall rapidly in the time ahead.

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