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- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Arthur Spring: Nobody said that.
- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Arthur Spring: Fianna Fáil did-----
- Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)
Arthur Spring: That is not what he said at the meeting of the finance committee.
- Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)
Arthur Spring: That is not true.
- Business of Dáil: Motion (6 Feb 2013)
Arthur Spring: The Deputy read 1,000 pages in ten minutes yesterday.
- Business of Dáil: Motion (6 Feb 2013)
Arthur Spring: We were right, as opposed to Sinn Féin being wrong.
- Business of Dáil: Motion (6 Feb 2013)
Arthur Spring: Debit and credit, they are opposite sides.
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Arthur Spring: There is no doubt about it.
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Arthur Spring: Deputy McGrath would not wish for good news if it meant the salvation of the country and that is the reality.
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Arthur Spring: For every step we have made to recover the sovereignty of the country, and I stand here as a member of a party which opposed the bank guarantee which ultimately led to the position the country is in now-----
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Arthur Spring: The Deputies voted for it and went in behind Bertie Ahern, as the boy band always did, and sang along with the chorus.
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Arthur Spring: I for one would say there is nothing popular about being in government at present but there is prudence in government.
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Arthur Spring: We are doing the right thing by the people to regain the sovereignty of the country. Default is a word many people do not understand. It might mean the system one puts one's phone to should one not be able to answer it. I made my maiden speech on the day we went into government. People spoke lightly about the idea we could just do away with money borrowed by Irish banks and Irish people...
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Arthur Spring: Contractors made money out of it.
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Arthur Spring: Individuals in business and people throughout the country-----
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Arthur Spring: -----benefited at some level. However this money cannot be done away with, eradicated or defaulted on. I would like to bring to the attention of those in the Opposition a paper written by Mark Joy on the consequences of default in a world where for the past 30 years no country has come out of default unscathed. If one wants an example one should look at every country which had to reduce...
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Arthur Spring: I would like to see redress and a rehabilitation fund put together for the Magdalen women we discussed today. There is no doubt it is because of movements and getting breaks on promissory notes that we will be in a position to try to tackle this serious issue and other social, education and health issues. Reckless is the only word I can associate with this motion. It is absolutely...
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Arthur Spring: Do not be found wanting when we are trying to redeem the country from the mess that Deputies now in opposition made.
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Arthur Spring: Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil and Members of the Opposition will not have done anything to regain the sovereignty of this country, not taken one step.
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Arthur Spring: After deferral.