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Seanad: European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Jun 2012): Brian Hayes: ...where we are at the moment. Of course I wish it were different but that is not the case. Until such a time as the Germans, the Finns, the Dutch and the Austrians change their view on this issue, we are where we are. The Senator said we were putting â¬11 billion into the fund. As I said yesterday in my reply to the points he made - I am not sure whether he was here at the time - what we...

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