Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Brown said the bank did not select the 2,000, but that they have selected themselves. While I understand the point, the bank selected the 2,000. I am trying to establish that the bank will do "what it says on the tin". The bank selected them on the basis that the threshold of earnings would seem to suggest that in most local authorities they would be eligible for housing.