Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail)

I give a guarded welcome to the moves towards a resolution in the EU with the decision and agreement yesterday to deal with the Greek situation. Yesterday evening, the Minister of State with responsibility for European affairs, Deputy Creighton, confirmed the issue of debt write-down and burden sharing for Ireland was not even on the agenda. What is the Government's position on this? The Government is supposed to set the agenda on behalf of the Irish people. When the Irish people see the Greeks securing a write-down of50%, at the very least the Government should be in discussions with its European partners with regard to the Irish situation.