Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Our burden has been helped significantly by the policies adopted and approved by our European colleagues in respect of the lengthening of the maturities for the EFSF and EFSM debt, the reduction in interests rates on that debt, the promissory note deal and the facilitation of the buying out of IMF loans of €18 billion.

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