Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)

Why should AIB be told to sell its assets in the next 30 days? It should be given space to sell its assets and they will get more on the market. If the world economy is on the up - which it is - the bank will make substantial money on those assets. AIB may then become the free bank in our society and may not be dependent on the State and Mr. Elderfield telling us what to do. We do not want foreigners in here. Michael Collins, Liam Lynch, Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, would not have those foreigners running our business. It is about time we looked after our Irish people who are well educated.

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