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European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: I note his enthusiasm to become involved.

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: What about protection?

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: Is the Minister saying that we signed up to something and we do not know what is in it?

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: Why did the Government sign up for something that the Minister does not know anything about?

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Minister said he does not know what is in the treaty-----

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Minister said he did not what was in the treaty. I thank him.

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: I want clarity on that. That is a stunning statement.

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: Then one does not sign up to it.

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: Then one does not sign up to it.

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: There is not an additional €500 billion. That will be next October.

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: If it is collected.

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: This is a speech, not a reply.

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: This is filibustering.

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: That is not the way it is done.

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: It is at the discretion of the Chair. The Ceann Comhairle has made that clear.

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: There is an increasing tendency on behalf of Government to hector or lecture people in terms of this debate. We are all concerned, or at least I am very concerned, about the survival of the euro, and I made that point very determinedly in my speech. I made the point that the summit addressed the wrong issue. The most fundamental issue is the mandate of the ECB and it becoming a lender of...

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: That is what happened. We all know it. The bottom line is we were asking for weeks-----

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: This is what happened. We asked in the Dáil only a week beforehand. We had a summit debate and asked what was the Government's position time and again.

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: We could not get it from the Taoiseach.

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: That was after the summit.