Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In the Minister of State's concluding remarks, could he take cognisance of the potential impact the Irish Government might have in assisting the Greek Government to conclude a deal, based on its experience? Is the Government not in a position to say it has been able to make minor changes to the memorandum of understanding on the basis of changed economic circumstances? Rather than trying to score political points at home by believing that while the initial deal was bad, it was the only one that could have been done at the time, could the Government say there is flexibility among the EU partners as economic circumstances change and as thinking evolves, as it did during the crisis, given that the EU had never experienced it before? Would the Government not feel it is in a position to be helpful to the Greek Government in suggesting that it is an evolving system that is subject to change, depending on circumstances?

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