Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

In case the Taoiseach did not get it, he has amazingly excluded himself in his previous role as Minister for Finance and his Department from the inquiry. According to the amendment the Government has produced, these reports will consider the international, social and macroeconomic environment which provided the context for the recent crisis in the banking sector. There is no mention of the political or governmental environment, the role of the Department of Finance or the Minister for Finance, namely, the Taoiseach when he was in that capacity.

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