Mr. Derek Moran:

I will deal first with the Deputy's question about tax and the disallowance of loss relief. The problem is that to take loss relief from one sector and make it available to everybody would not be sustainable in policy terms. It is less to do with pressure from the banks to retain their loss relief. What we have done is impose a bank levy of €150 million to get something back by way of a contribution, and that is ongoing.