Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

And, Mr. O'Reilly, the ... at the end of the day, when the bubble crashed, there are many figures that, in the media, would be said to be dramatic. One was that in March 2009, the top 13 debtors owed Anglo €14 billion and the total bailout cost, €64 billion, by a few hundred people, and you would have been among the top people in that. Is it right that a few private individuals and bankers or banks or companies in search of profit maximisation have that amount of power in society that can literally wreck an economy for millions of people?