Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Everyone knows about the bankers but they are untouchable. They paid €70 million in fines last week. Whose money was that? It was the people's money, the people they wronged by putting them on different mortgages. What kind of a banana republic is this? The people of 1916, 1921 and 1922 gave their lives and spilled their blood for this. To have this kind of a charade going on here is outrageous. This is nothing personal to the Minister of State but he is part of the Government. He is the junior Minister. The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, ran away from the debate because he got good schooling from the masters in north Dublin, who did much havoc in this country. I am talking about former Senators, Deputies and Ministers who ended up in disgrace. This is going to end up in disgrace too. I plead with the Minister of State to take this back and make it right. Start from the foundations upwards.

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