Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

These matters do not come up for sanction from the Government, as the Deputy knows or should know.

On the particular issue, the chairman of the bank in question outlined this morning precisely the position. There has been a reduction in numbers, extra responsibilities have been assigned to certain staff and there is a totally new management team in place. The board has the Government's confidence in seeking to de-risk the bank and it is important that there are people in situ who can do that. The chairman of the bank set out what was the position in relation to the matters raised.

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