Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Well, that would have depended at what point in time, Deputy, that that was done. Had that been done a year previously when that Government was put on notice and the banking system and the regulation system was put on notice in relation to Northern Rock that there were difficulties in relation to banking, well, then, while all bank failures are costly, I do not believe, myself, that the level of costs that would ... that was incurred would have been incurred.