Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I wish to discuss a specific case I raised with Dr. Hunt's predecessor in June of last year, which was the last time representatives of AIB were before the committee. When we spoke about the case Mr. Jim O'Keeffe, who is present today, indicated that the best thing to do would be to come back to me directly about the specifics of the case in order to avoid speculation. He made a general comment. AIB very helpfully followed up a couple of days afterwards asking for the details of the case. I responded with the details of the case, and that was it. I received no further response and when I followed up, I again received no further response. A case was raised at this committee, and I acknowledge that this happened before Dr. Hunt was appointed. AIB responded, saying it was happy to look into it, with no guarantee of an outcome. However, when I tried to process the case I got no joy whatever and then had to wait nine months until the AIB representatives appeared again before the committee so that the matter could be raised again.