Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

For the purpose of clarity, I refer to a comment made by the Tánaiste before the Ceann Comhairle called the vote. He came out of the traps very quickly and, like a good barman, he did not want to catch anybody's eye. The Tánaiste stated that, if necessary, the House could be recalled to deal with the recapitalisation issue. This will be necessary because the principal Act will have to be amended to allow the use of moneys from the National Pensions Reserve Fund to recapitalise the banks. That was the point I wanted to make and the Ceann Comhairle would have saved himself some time if he had allowed me to make it.

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