Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)

I commend Deputies Shatter and Noonan on bringing this motion before the Dáil for debate.

The tangled web of Government banking regulation and the work of the Central Bank gives some truth to the view that the perceived gravity of an offence in Ireland often depends on the pedigree of the citizen involved. It is my view from the highest office in the land that we do not take white-collar crime seriously.

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