Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have three main points to make about the Anglo Irish Bank tapes. First, it is five years since this shameful episode and not one banker has served one day of a prison sentence for his or her role in bankrupting the State. Ordinary citizens know that if they do not pay their television licence fee or the new taxes the Government is introducing, they will face prosecution. Second, it is clear from this morning's tapes that David Drumm and others in Anglo Irish bank were meeting senior Government Ministers. We do not need an inquiry to find that out. Deputy Micheál Martin and his Front Bench and others who were in government at the time could tell us who those Ministers were.

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