Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

There is no source of confusion whatsoever. I was simply making the point that the wind-down of the loan book takes a number of years. The Governor of the Central Bank has indicated the need to wind down its deposits and this has been agreed in respect of deepening the restructuring and reorganisation that must take place. Finding a safe location for the deposits within the State can be done quite quickly, by the end of January 2011.

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