Michael Kennedy (Dublin North, Fianna Fail)

Fine Gael and Labour must come out with honest statements rather than statements that try to confuse the public. Like all other Members, I spent the past five months canvassing and I am delighted to report that Fianna Fáil did not lose any seats in my area. I feel I played some part in that, just as Deputy O'Rourke did in her area.

The one thing I found galling during the campaign was hearing Fine Gael and Labour supporters say we were doing nothing about the banks. It came through clearly that the two parties tried to perpetuate the myth that nothing was happening with regard to fraud investigations into Anglo Irish Bank. The Director of Corporate Enforcement and the fraud squad are currently working on at least four separate investigations. They have removed millions of copies of documents from Anglo Irish Bank to their offices in Harcourt Street.

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