Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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Let us consider one example. We will not mention the IRBC because we do not have time to go into the matter, but let us consider AIB. We bailed out the banks. We bailed out AIB to the tune of 100%. According to the mad rules with which we must comply, we cannot use the money we have just received from the sale of the shares in AIB to help the economy in any way or to reduce the number of patients on trolleys. We cannot give the money to local authorities to build houses directly. Is that right?