Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

It is the same as saying that we rather than the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who provides guarantees to the Ulster Bank or HBOS in Ireland, should have taken them over. One either deals with the problem and the asset classes regardless of location in terms of cleaning up the banks or one does not. One either fixes the problem or does not. One either deals with the situation as it, or one does not. The Opposition is not interested in solving the problem-----

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