Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

There is a chasm of anger out there. The Taoiseach is in a position to do something and send out a message both nationally and internationally that a change of direction is taking place in Irish banking and financial institutions, in which we now have no trust or confidence.

Who made the decision not to pursue the ten members of the so-called golden circle? Is the Government not going to go after these people? I listened to the chairperson of the Green Party this morning on the radio. When the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, came in to speak about nationalisation of the bank, he referred to the concealment of loans to directors, the scale of those loans and the damage done to the reputation of Anglo Irish Bank and Irish banking in general. We were told the Government would go after those loans to balance those books.

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