Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach avoided the one question I put to him, which was about giving the Central Bank the power to cap mortgage interest rates for banks that had been bailed out with public money. He ignored that question. He took us through his usual raiméas and bolscaireacht. The fact is that there are 300,000 households on variable mortgage interest rates. They are being ripped off by the banks, and the Taoiseach's Government has stood by while the problem has escalated. The Taoiseach does act in the interest of the elite. His response to every issue of importance to ordinary citizens is that he is powerless to take action, yet just last week he rewarded former Taoisigh and Ministers with big hikes in their pensions while he slashed payments to lone-parent families. Whose side is the Taoiseach on? I know what side Sinn Féin is on. We are on the side of citizens.

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