Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Taoiseach for his reply and I am glad to hear that his level of satisfaction is rising by the day and that he was encouraged by the two civil servants yesterday. The Government is unwilling to take sufficiently strong action on this matter. The words used by Ministers and the Taoiseach are to the effect that the banks are "being advised," "being encouraged", "being pressurised" and have been given various advices "in plain English". Bankers do not take advice. They do not listen to encouragement.

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