Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That has been very helpful because in fact I thought it was not going to be possible to close the account even though I wanted to clear it. I did clear it, as it happens. The next thing that happened was the charge came up and then another charge came up. One wonders whether it possible to extinguish an account. I thank Ms Howard for her response. It explained the situation. We shall await developments on same.