Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There will be no statues to my glory or otherwise. If that is where the Deputy's interest lies I ask him not to talk to me, please.

I am happy to outline the context in which all of this happens. The reality, as the Deputy well knows, is that for a prolonged period in 2011 and 2012 there was massive instability in the eurozone with the economic circumstances that applied in a number of countries. People were openly questioning whether the currency would survive in its current form. That is why I make no apology to anybody for putting in place, as head of Government, with the agencies of Government, contingency plans to deal with the possibility of a total collapse of the euro currency.

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