Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Government has a hard neck and some cheek to ask the Parliament to renew this bank guarantee. In a speech before the general election, the current Minister of State eviscerated and castigated the former Government for tabling the same motion in 2010. Fine Gael and Labour attacked us. We were called economic traitors by the Labour Party. We were told that it was Labour's way or Frankfurt's way. We were told that we were rolling over for the banks. How ironic is it that the Minister of State is the one now asking us to "roll over", as mentioned on page 12 of his script? While in opposition, current Government Members unpatriotically criticised everything the Fianna Fáil Government did.