Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The former chief executive of the Financial Regulator, which was supposed to be keeping an eye on all of this for us, now walks off with an enormous golden handshake. The Government, which presided over all of this, imposes levy after levy on hard working people to pay for this largesse. Does the Taoiseach have any idea of the degree of anger which exists among people, especially working people? This includes workers in the private sector who are losing their jobs because of the credit squeeze, and workers in the public sector who are being asked to pay this so-called pensions levy?

I seek some straight answers today. When did the Taoiseach become aware this money was lent by Irish Life & Permanent to Anglo Irish Bank?

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