Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Can it be true that the Government is proposing to publish a report, either before or after the Dáil closes, that the €500,000 cap on bankers' pay is about to be amended and lifted by the Government? We know from the crash that lavish pay is no guarantee of success in running banks. We saw last week the Permanent TSB sell off 6,000 performing mortgages that have been restructured. Could it be true that we will offer these top bankers more than €500,000 in pay and bonuses? What has the Taoiseach to say to people in the country terrified of their mortgages being sold off to vulture funds?

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