Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

They have said we must build on and accelerate the initiatives we have made to solve the problems in the banking system, and the Governor of the Central Bank, who is far more of an expert in this area than the Deputy or me, has confirmed that is what we must do to bring financial stability to the State.

The Deputy also attempted to make a broader political point, which was that he would have obtained a better deal. I am asking him simply on what basis he would have obtained that deal. How could there have been a change in the basis for the calculation of interest by the IMF or the European Financial Stability Facility?

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