Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)

The Taoiseach kindly said the promised legislation on a deposit protection scheme would be brought forward at an early date because the UK is introducing deposit protection at three times the level available to Irish depositors in financial institutions. There is a genuine concern we should match that, given the proximity of credit institutions adopting the higher level.

Does the Taoiseach intend during the upcoming debate to circulate a tabular statement outlining the different Estimates that will be amended and the Supplementary Estimates that will be considered over the summer or on the resumption of the House by select committees? Will that detail be spelled out? One of the subjects of all the questions earlier is the lack of clear understanding about where the €1 billion is to be found in 2009. If that was set out in tabular form, perhaps more light would be shed on the issue.

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