Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

We have set up a banking inquiry to look into all issues related to lending practices and other things that have been happening in the retail banking sector and the building society sector. That will be dealt with as we set it out and that is the place where we can deal with all of those issues.

On the specific matter of the Bank of Ireland, the facts of the situation as I understand them are that a €1.49 million contribution was made by the bank to the Bank of Ireland pension fund and was not made to Mr. Boucher personally.

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