Joe O'Reilly (Fine Gael)

In a recent "Prime Time" programme the big developers, notably Mr. Wallace etc., were happy to admit they were not even paying interest, and yet consumers are being harassed on a daily basis.

I am appealing to the Leader to set aside a day for such a debate. If it has to be a Friday, that is grand. We need to discuss banking forensically for the day and let the people's concerns be raised in this House and conveyed to the Minister responsible. It is very serious. The people expect it from us. They are being treated very badly by the banks. It is wrong that they are treating contemptuously the taxpayers of Ireland who are investing in them.