Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister for Finance said the banking inquiry was up and running. It is not and it is not true to say it is.

The Tánaiste talks about affordability, but she is talking about affordability for 200,000 people who have been sucked dry. I have been knocking on doors and people have been saying to me that it may look like they have a nice house and a car that will get them from A to B, but that I should come in and look in their fridge and at their bills. They have no money left to pay for food or bills. Part of the reason they have no money left is the unaffordability of this debt.

The Tánaiste did not answer my questions.

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