Anglo bond payment sparks fury in the house

Although they [FG and Labour] had spent months promising the people that they would burn bank bondholders, the Taoiseach did not even put the issue on the negotiating table. - Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin

Why does the Taoiseach not telephone Alan Dukes [bank chairman] before 12 o'clock and tell him not pay this money? - Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams

I would love to stand up here and say it is not necessary to pay this money . . . It was not possible to get the consent and the agreement of the European Central Bank. - Taoiseach Enda Kenny

I do not accept the premise that we must seek the permission of the European Central Bank for everything we do, particularly in areas such as this. - Independent TD Shane Ross