Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Well, my principal criticism of Fianna Fáil and of the Finance Ministers and taoisigh was that there was a series of warning shots which were given in Ireland in relation to banking and banking regulation. And Northern Rock had happened a full year beforehand and, at that stage, Deputy, I had made it very clear to the then Minister for Finance, Mr. Cowen, that action should be taken in relation to bank regulation. And that Northern Rock needed to be taken very, very seriously.