Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I accept entirely the restrictions on the Minister with regard to the regulator and the administrators. However, does the Minister accept this is a job retention situation and will he confirm whether he has had talks with people in Anglo Irish Bank? Clearly, he has unrestricted access to those people. If the Minister accepts this is a job retention issue, it should surely be part of Government policy to consider the joint proposal made by Quinn Insurance Limited and Anglo Irish Bank to see what can be done. Has the Minister done that? Does he accept the difficulty in that there are virtually no other job opportunities in the region, particularly the Border area. Given the importance of the jobs, they must be retained if at all possible.

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