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

This is the kernel of the problem. The public is looking in. Many mortgage holders who are in difficulty with Permanent TSB are asking how the State can justify spending €2 million over the past four years on public interest directors when it does not know what the directors do or to whom they report. What is the difference between a public interest director and a non-executive banking director? At a minimum the public is entitled to know the answers to those questions. It is very simple, dealing with anyone in any walk of life-----