Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and Ceann Comhairle, as well as the Minister of States for his attendance. This is the most grave topic I have ever encountered. I spoke on this issue 13 months ago and was assured by the Minister then in the Chamber, who is not the same Minister as this evening, that there was a code of conduct for these banks. While the code of conduct was renewed and upgraded, it is not worth the paper on which it is written because one has these bankers and thugs on the ground to whom Deputy Browne referred. While I will not name those people, I will name the people in the banks in suits, that is, those who direct such activities. They are like a third force that is similar to a militia about which one might read in foreign lands. We have An Garda Síochána here with a proud record and our Army. They are the only agents we respect and to whom we look up. I want all these people taken off the road. I want to ask Mr. David Taylor, managing director of Friends First-----

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