Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I agree with Senator D'Arcy and our leader, Senator Darragh O'Brien, on the escalating difficulty that mortgage holders are facing. There are 70,000 mortgage holders who will later this month pay an additional ¤50 on their mortgage because they have a variable rate mortgage from AIB. This is a bank that is 100% owned by the taxpayer. Senator D'Arcy is correct that there are public interest directors in the bank and other financial institutions within the State. The question has to be asked as to what the hell they are doing. It is time they were held to account. If we are interested in reforming Seanad Éireann, we should start by having the public interest directors come before the House to explain to us what they are doing on behalf of the taxpayer.

It would be a step in the right direction if that could be facilitated.