Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Yesterday we raised with the Taoiseach the issue of the very large pensions being paid to former bankers who brought the State to the brink of ruin. The Taoiseach ran for cover and hid behind the Constitution, property rights and the advice of the Attorney General which, of course, he will not publish. I want to raise a related issue with the Tánaiste. Six top executives in the former Anglo Irish Bank earn in excess of €0.5 million per annum which, of course, makes an absolute mockery of the so-called cap on bankers' salaries. This bank was bailed out by Fianna Fáil, is presided over by a former Fine Gael leader, thumbs its nose at the Irish people and all the while the Labour Party sings-----

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