Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I raised the issue in the context of the Minister pointing out that 40% of our national debt relates to a banking debt the sovereign took over and which this Government inherited from the previous Administration. The Minister spoke of the knock-on effect of that on the budgetary system. I was just inquiring about the negative impact the bank debt is having on our budgetary position. We have a dead weight of banking debt which has become sovereign debt. I was seeking a flavour of-----