Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Having listened to the contributions from approximately 1 p.m. - I did not hear any of the earlier ones - I believe the week ending today is rather shameful at both macro and micro levels. It is shameful in the macro sense because our Government abandoned the Greek people and stood in the background in the shadows of Europe when the great attachment order of €32 billion in losses was attached to Irish citizens by way of losses converted into debt.

That debt was then converted into official national debt. It is parallel to what is happening the Greek people at the moment where impossible debts and losses have been racked up.

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