Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Clearly a number of banking decisions must be made in the time ahead. It may be possible to see what the relationship between public interest directors and their role in respect of public interest can be in terms of communicating their views on what is happening at the boards of banks and to hear directly from the representatives of the people on the situation.

The appointments made by this Government are within the agreed cap. The chief executive of AIB has written to former senior executives with regard to the levels of the pensions they receive.

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