Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael)

Will the Leader ask the Minister for Finance to clarify the remarks by the Governor of the Central Bank regarding the dangers of capping salaries and his intimation that this could lead to an engagement in risky loans? Has the culture in this regard not changed? If not, where does the regulator come in? This important issue is the lead story in today's Irish Independent. I ask the Leader to bring a response from the Minister to the House next Tuesday as to what precisely the Governor means by "risky loans". If we cannot be certain that such risky activity has been addressed then it is a very bad day for Ireland and we are all headed down the swanny.