Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)

Two and a half months have passed since the Government introduced the guarantee scheme. Where is the Minister's strategy? He is saying there will be a credit flow. He mentioned that other strategies, in the UK and elsewhere, have failed. What is his strategy to get credit flowing? That is the question everyone wants answered. If the strategy does not involve the recapitalisation of the banks, what will it involve? He has had these plans for weeks. The ten-day deadline within which this issue was supposed to have been cracked has passed. The plans have been submitted, but there is no solution.

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