Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Seeing as this is April fools' day, perhaps the Taoiseach saying he did not fix the banks for the benefit of the banks but for the benefit of their customers was his attempt to get into the spirit of this day.

I asked the Taoiseach to contrast his attitude to struggling householders with his attitude to the banks. The Taoiseach did not do that. The banks have refused to pass on to mortgage holders the benefits of lower interest rates set by the European Central Bank. That is happening; I am not making it up. The Economic Management Council has not met the banks in three years. The Government has given the banks a veto. We tried to table an amendment to that but the Government guillotined the legislation when it was coming through the Chamber.

Let us consider the fact that the Taoiseach behaves as if he were a commentator or a spectator.

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