Tánaiste: EU needs to progress deal on bank debt
One of the first messages to Europe after Ireland voted in favour of the Fiscal Treaty was from Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore who said the country now needs a deal on its bank debt.
“I think this decision taken by the Irish people is a necessary step on the road to recovery but we now have to build on it,” he said.
“This was not just an exercise … asking people to vote Yes – it was also an occasion where we listened to what people where saying.”
The Tánaiste, whose Dun Laoghaire constituency south of Dublin saw the second highest support for the treaty, added: “We do need to have a deal in relation to our bank debt. We do need to see progress upon it.”
Sinn Fén president Gerry Adams warned that the Government will be tackled harder now on whether it can meet commitments to ease the pressure of austerity.
“The Government has given firm commitments in terms of committing on a bank bailout, in terms of growth and jobs incentive initiatives so we will be holding the Government to those promises.
“The problems which are facing people today will be there tomorrow.
“Clearly an element of the Yes vote was ideologically committed to the Yes camp and others did so very, very reluctantly.”
