Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I did say it was the Department of Finance, not the Department of Defence, as the Deputy said. The position is that I do not know the contractual arrangements of other senior bank executives and whether there are similar deals that were done. I do not know the answer to that question, but the Minister for Finance has asked the Department of Finance to inform us of what the position is. The Minister has pointed out, following the Government's deliberations, that changes are going to take place. My point is that if the Minister for Finance of the day did not want Mr. Doherty to be appointed to the bank in the first instance, he should at least have been diligent to the utmost in finding out what contractual arrangements were being made for him. The contractual arrangements had been drawn up at that stage, but a copy of the contract was not made available to the Department. Obviously, following the Minister's query, I expect that we will receive some further information on the number and range of other persons who may have had similar contracts drawn up currently working in the banking sector.

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