Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)

If that is the Government's strategic thinking on State equity in the banks I urge the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to apply the same rationale to State assets. One of the problems with this debate has been that Deputies on the Government benches have talked about everything, even the price of tea in China, except State assets. With the exception of the Minister, who addressed the issue head-on-----

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