Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I join my colleague, the leader of the Opposition, in calling yet again for a debate on the mortgage arrears crisis. Since 2009, many of us in these Houses have been calling for such debates. The Leader has heard it from his own side in detail today. As the House will be aware, the Taoiseach is in Strasbourg today to take a bow for the implementation and delivery of Chancellor Merkel's plan for Irish recovery, the three pillars of which, he stated, were stability, jobs and growth. While the Taoiseach might get the douze points from the European leaders, I am afraid the people of Ireland have seen nothing of jobs, stability and growth. As Senator Darragh O'Brien pointed out and as Senator Higgins correctly underlined, we see that Ireland has capitulated entirely to the banks. This time we do not need any tapes.