Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire for his response. Has he personally spoken to any of the public interest directors in the banks covered by the State guarantee and that are being supported by State funds? In particular has he called in the AIB public interest directors to ask them what they were doing when they allowed a package to be signed off under their watch allowing Colm Doherty to get a €3 million golden handshake? Does the Minister believe that Dick Spring, one of those public interest directors, is fit for the job to which he was appointed by the previous Minister for Finance?

Will these public interest directors be reviewed in the same way that the other bank directors will be reviewed? The Minister should at least call them in and ask them to be held accountable. As the Minister said their primary interest is the public interest. Has he questioned them as to how they fulfilled the public interest when they agreed to sign off on the type of severance package handed over to Colm Doherty?

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