Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

We do not agree to this motion on banking and we object to the Order of Business proposition. Once again, the Government is treating the Dáil with contempt. It is asking us to rubber-stamp a proposition as part of which we will see further billions of euro of taxpayers' money poured into a zombie bank in the first instance and into the other banks following that. This is an outrageous proposition because in return what are we getting? We are not getting the opportunity to make any intervention in respect of the setting of interest rates, which we have seen rise once again only this week. We do not have the opportunity-----

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