Michael Mullins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I wish the Greek Prime Minister well. He has a very difficult task ahead of him to sell the terms of the proposed deal to his people over the coming weeks. It has become obvious that expectations were raised in Greece that were impossible to live up to. He will need a lot of support from politicians within his own country. The people of Greece are facing a most difficult and testing time. We all want to see commerce and business restored and resumed in Greece as quickly as possible and for people to carry on normal banking functions, which they have been unable to do in recent weeks. The Greek people have been badly served by their politicians over the past number of years. Serious economic issues needed to be addressed but they were not. Ireland would be in the same situation if we had let things run on and had not taken action four and half years ago. There are lessons to be learned. All parties would be well advised-----