Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I dealt with this matter yesterday. It is almost the end of this Dáil session and we want to move on with setting up the personal insolvency service, which is an alternative to dealing with banks. In the exercise carried out last year in regard to the banks, the point has already been clearly made that they have been sufficiently resourced and recapitalised, so that in cases where they consider it appropriate, write-downs can be made.

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