Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)

I do not know whether there is any basis to the Deputy's allegation and have seen absolutely nothing to suggest what he says is correct. It is reasonable when a detailed investigation of banking files is being conducted that one should send in people who understand lending, risk and banking files. If I was sent in, I would not find my way around the files and would have no idea of what was going on and if gardaí were sent in, they would take a different line of investigation. It takes a thief to catch a thief. Therefore, we should send in a banker if we want to investigate bankers.

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