Dominic Hannigan (Labour)

It is time for the leader of the country to tell us what is happening. Some of the recent comments of the Government are bizarre. I listened to a radio show a few nights ago on which a Government spokesperson was debating the difference between discussions and negotiations. When passing through St. Stephen's Green on my way here this morning, I looked down and saw a duck coming towards me. The reason I knew it was a duck was it looked like one, quacked like one and walked like one. Let us be clear: there is to be a bailout and it required someone such as Professor Patrick Honohan to tell us that this morning.