Michael Noonan (Limerick East, Fine Gael)

I am addressing amendment No. 1 because as I understand Deputy Burton's amendment, the reason for it is that the Minister has to be more transparent with us and must give us fuller information. At this point we cannot continue to operate in such a secretive banking system where only a few weeks ago the regulator and the Governor of the Central Bank told us everything was all right.

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