Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We cannot allow a situation whereby the tail wags the dog. In fairness to the Taoiseach and Ministers for Finance and Foreign Affairs and Trade, they have restored our reputation in Europe. We will now get a deal on bank debt because we are respected abroad, in particular in Europe. It speaks volumes that Chancellor Merkel was on the telephone with the Taoiseach for half an hour on Sunday evening and that President Hollande met the Taoiseach in the Elysee Palace yesterday.