Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----in this group and with these institutions.

As the Minister for Finance has pointed out on many occasions, over the period ahead we expect to get back every euro the Irish taxpayer has put into the banks since the Government was appointed. This is what negotiations and a growing economy are about. Deputy Adams does not want to do this because he wants AIB retained as a nationalised bank owned by the State. He does not want to get back for the taxpayer the moneys put into the restructuring of the bank. He is not naive enough not to understand this. This is why we have a banking inquiry, so the truth can come out about all of the issues which happened in the lead-up to it.

Deputy Adams knows Northern Ireland very well and speaks all the time about the economic progress being made, which is right and proper. This year our deficit in the Republic will be below 3% because of the prudent and competent management of the Government in respect of the economy.

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