Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The Deputy may be absolutely assured that the Government will act in the interests of the people, in particular in this case the interests of those who have borrowed from banks and to whom the banks are saying they will not pass on the reduction in the interest rate. We have made our position very clear to the banks. One can communicate with them; one does not necessarily have to pull on a balaclava to communicate with them.

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