Dáil debates

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]

 

The following motion was moved by Deputy Shane Ross on Tuesday, 5 February 2013:"That Dáil Éireann:in view of the imminent danger of Ireland's humiliation in the negotiations with the European Central Bank over the Anglo Irish Bank promissory notes, calls on the Government to:— make a public declaration that Ireland is unwilling to, and will not, pay the €3.1 billion payment due on 31st March; — assert that the debt is not the moral obligation of the Irish people; and — demand from the European Central Bank that a prerequisite to a settlement of the promissory note issue will require a negotiated write-down of the debt embracing fair sharing of the burden across the Eurozone.”

Debate resumed on amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following:"recognises the importance of completing an agreement on the issue of the promissory notes before the next scheduled payment on 31st March, 2013; recognises that the current negotiation approach is the best course of action in order to achieve agreement with our European partners; and notes that the Government will continue in its negotiations with the European Central Bank to achieve the best possible outcome for the Irish taxpayer."-(Minister of State at the Department of Finance)

Amendment put:

The Dáil divided: Tá, 88; Níl, 44.

Tellers: Tá, Deputies Paul Kehoe and Emmet Stagg; Níl, Deputies Catherine Murphy and John Halligan.

Níl

Amendment declared carried.

Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."

The Dáil divided: Tá, 88; Níl, 43.

Tellers: Tá, Deputies Paul Kehoe and Emmet Stagg; Níl, Deputies Catherine Murphy and John Halligan.

Níl

Question declared carried.

Sitting suspended at 9.30 p.m. and resumed at 10.30 p.m.