David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is a 4% increase coming up to Christmas just to catch people and put them into the poverty trap. I have had an account in the Bank of Ireland for over 60 years, since I was eight years old. I believe I have never seen such disgraceful behaviour on the part of a bank, at a time when the ordinary people of Ireland have been forced to bail them out, that they should put their hands once more into the pockets of the impoverished. I would like to have my colleagues support me in demanding that the Bank of Ireland rescind this disgraceful move in the run-up to Christmas.