Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The report was commissioned by the Minister of Finance and to be provided for him by the Central Bank. The report was received yesterday evening in the Department of Finance. The Minister is in Brussels and returning today. He will be the first person to read the report, at his request. It was not delivered to everybody else, if that is Deputy Gerry Adams’s insinuation. The Minister is entitled to receive the report, read and assess it and bring his recommendations to the Government. The Deputy claims I have been unhappy for some time about this matter. I am also unhappy about the issue of promissory notes, €3 billion being borrowed every year to pay interest for Anglo Irish Bank, the extent of the deficit, the unemployment rate and the situation of those in mortgage distress. Yes, we are here to protect the taxpayer.

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