Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)

We have had three inquiries into the banking system. They have been debated in the House. If the referendum arising from the Abbeylara judgment goes through next week, it looks as if we will have another in-house inquiry into the banking system. When the economic council of the Government set up the Keane group, it wanted a report to be prepared very quickly. We were responding to many questions and many debates which stressed the urgency of taking action. It was not set up to have another round of the blame game.

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