Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister for his frank and open responses to Deputies' questions. I will not deal with the legal technicalities which others have raised because I simply want to describe the absolute shock with which the people of Cavan-Monaghan reacted to this administration decision. Few others have ever done as much as Seán Quinn for that region. I welcome the guarantee by the Minister that policy holders will be safe but I also ask him to do whatever needs to be done to protect the jobs created by the Quinn Group in its insurance and other operations. Maintaining these jobs, which are vital to my part of the country, may require the intervention of more people than the regulator.

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