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EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: That is ridiculous.

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: People are being killed on the streets in Greece. Is that what the Deputy is advocating?

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: The Deputy finds it easier to simplify what is an extremely complex set of negotiations. The European Council summit will take place this evening followed by the eurozone Heads of State and Government meeting and the issue of Irish bank debt restructuring or write-down is not on the table, nor do we want it to be on the table.

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: It is not on the table.

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: It is not on the table for the summit this evening.

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: The Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, has been engaged in a process of negotiating-----

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: -----on all aspects of our programme, including-----

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: I just said clearly that it is not on the table for this evening's summit. Of course not.

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: It is very clear. The Taoiseach has already said that-----

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: I have answered the Deputy's question. I said "no".

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: It is not on the table for this evening's summit.

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: You are-----

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: That is a very different question.

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: This entire debate-----

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: -----is about the European summit this evening-----

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: -----about which the Deputy expressed great anxiety that we would not have an opportunity to discuss it next week.

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: The Deputy now has an opportunity to discuss it in the House and the answer is that Irish debt write-down is not on the table for tonight's European summit.

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: If the Deputy wants to ask the broader question as to whether the Irish Government is engaged in negotiations on the issue of debt sustainability for Ireland in a broader context, yes, it is a topic for discussion. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, has raised it with the President of the European Central Bank-----

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: -----and with bilateral partners-----

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: -----as has the Taoiseach. We are doing everything-----