Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

We are asking for the principle that it will be laid before the House. The Minister will say subsequently to the Opposition that he was never asked about this point. He is an able debater and he will be on various media shows saying: "They never asked about it." This is our one opportunity to do so. We wish to know what the Minister will do to rein in the banks and to make them pay for this scheme? Will the Minister for Finance lay before the House the scheme and publish it before it is implemented?

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