Joe McHugh (Fine Gael)

I ask the Minister to consider some way in which his Department and the Government can intervene in this situation.

I know of one man in Donegal who was hospitalised as a result of the pressure and stress of this serious situation. I am calling the Government's bluff regarding the good state of the State's finances. I ask the Minister to take this vulnerable section into consideration.

If people are to be penalised for alleged wrongdoing in the period pre-1989, for simply opening an account in the North——