Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The main thrust of Deputy Pearse Doherty's first intervention was that there should be an independent agency to look after these matters and that this was part of Sinn Féin's policy proposed earlier in the year. Now he is accusing me of having a hands-off approach. If there is to be an independent agency, then it must be independent. The independent agency in this case is the Central Bank which is very involved in this process.

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