Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

From his earliest days in office, the Taoiseach has consistently refused to be open about fundamental policy issues. The public and media get the spin, but the reality is hidden away, often shielded by the aggressive withholding of documents and the reduction of parliamentary questions to a farce. This is true through nearly every part of Government, but it is especially true of the Government’s approach to vital European discussions. For months, the Government has been claiming publicly that it wants a generous and fair settlement of Greece’s debt problems. However, yesterday, behind closed doors, our Government took a leading role in threatening to effectively cause the collapse of the Greek banking sector unless Greece immediately toed the line.

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