Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

This is also to ask the Minister his views on the question of a European debt conference. In particular I ask whether there has been a change of position here from the point of view of the Government. Were the remarks about broad support from the Minister for Finance to the idea of a debt conference wrongly ascribed to him? Was the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, wrongly quoted in stating the idea had merit? Is it not the case that a change of position has taken place because political self-interest has come to bear? There is a very serious conflict of interest between the interests of Fine Gael and the Labour Party and the interests of the majority of people in the State. It is not in the interests of the political parties to have success for a Greek strategy because it would embarrass the Government.

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