Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I have a few questions, as we all do, to ask of AIB. There is a marked contrast between the attitude of Dr. Somers and Mr. Spring towards this committee, in their willingness to answer questions and their greater sensitivity to some of the issues we are raising, and that of the public interest directors from the Bank of Ireland. Would the witnesses agree this contrast has something to do with the fact their bank is 100% owned by the State which shows the merits of nationalised banks over those in which we have only a minority share holding and people like Mr. Boucher think they can treat public representatives with contempt?