Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

The Deputies and I are like ships in the night. I do not think we are relating to each other. I would love to be free of the shackles of the moneys that have gone into the banks but Deputies Boyd Barrett and Ferris do not accept that it was necessary in the first place. We could have a long discussion about why it was necessary and how it might have been done differently. That will be an interesting thesis for bright young people, such as Deputy Boyd Barrett, who will attend Trinity College in 20 years time but it is not much help in terms of trying to have a functioning banking system in the country.

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