Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

No, but if one takes it that our remit is to deal with the taxpayer, and the taxpayer had put €34 billion into IBRC itself, then an entity that came under that also became part and parcel of what was both guaranteed by the bank guarantee and was effectively in State ownership - in other words, the assets were linked to IBRC. At that point in time, are we not talking about the protection of taxpayers' money, which is part of the remit of this committee?