Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I support Senator Mac Conghail's motion on the Order Paper. My party supports it fully, as I did last week. I agree with him that there has been a lack of action as far as the Irish Government is concerned. It has not been treated with much respect by the Egyptian Government in this regard.

The Greek people have hard decisions to make. They should be wary of the European Union bearing gifts. Some of the gifts are from the Irish taxpayer and as much as €1.5 billion could be involved in this regard. It is very hard medicine for the Greek people to swallow after having a referendum and electing a left wing government. In fact, what they needed were steady hands like those of the former Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, and the former Minister for Finance, the late Brian Lenihan, who steered the ship of State so carefully through troubled waters.