Dáil debates

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

2:30 pm

Photo of Enda KennyEnda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

My concern relates to what has happened to hundred of thousands of people around the country, including the thousands who have left, the young students who are striving to have a career here, the workers who are working harder than ever and seeing their wages decreasing, the rising number of unemployed, the service providers who will not be paid by subcontractors, and the many who are in difficulty.

The Anglo Irish Bank files show clearly that the Department of Finance was informed regularly about the so-called golden ten in regard to the overhang of Quinn shares. Am I to believe the Department of Finance and the Taoiseach, who had recently vacated the office of Minister for Finance at the time in question, were not so informed, having had telephone calls from and other contacts with Mr. FitzPatrick?

Regarding the two questions I asked the Taoiseach, does he deny what was reportedly said by Mr. FitzPatrick as printed last Sunday in the book, namely, that Mr. FitzPatrick asked his people at the dinner to give the Taoiseach loan perspectives on their various sectors within the bank? Does he deny he was informed that the National Treasury Management Agency, NTMA, would not invest in Anglo Irish Bank and that he undertook to do something about it? Can I take it the three contacts of which we now know - the telephone call, the dinner with the board of Anglo Irish Bank and the game of golf - were the Taoiseach's only social or business contacts with Mr. FitzPatrick and that this is an end to it?

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