Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 November 2015

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage

5:15 pm

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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This is serious stuff. These are the things that in ten years' time will be the subject of arguments as to why we did not tease them out in greater detail. With respect, there are a lot of amendments on which I will not be passing many remarks. However, this one is important because it is about the State financing banks that have got into trouble. History has taught us that we need to pay more attention to legislation and regulation.