Micheál Martin: “Their behaviour justifies sanctions at EU level as well, and that’s something that we will raise, whether we can get…”

Incomprehensible and wrong

I was involved in these issues in the previous government and agreement was hammered out at that stage - an agreement was arrived at, and we want to do well by honouring that agreement on all sides.

What we're witnessing is growth in expenditure.

If that's not a platform for negotiations, I don't know what is.