Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

That is an important question. I am glad it has been asked because it gives me an opportunity to put on the record of the House the fact that there is no evidence of similar transactions in the Irish banking system. Before the Government at present is the important question of the capitalisation of the Bank of Ireland and the Allied Irish Banks. If there is one disappointing feature of this whole business——

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