Joe O'Toole (Independent)

There are Brownie points to be won by the Minister in doing this. She is getting enough hassle knocking on doors around the country. She should put something on the credit side, namely, that we will not stand for nonsense. If I was arguing against the Minister on a doorstep and there was a proposal before her to deal with bankers and other people who will not supply information by imposing a €10,000 fine on them, and if she started to explain that the Government will do that next year, I would say to her, let us do this, this is a good decision and it should be implemented now. It is one decision and then this would be done.