Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by Senator Mooney and I wish to expand on what he and others said in the House this morning. It is appalling and a disgrace that Mr. Draghi and the ECB are washing their hands of and giving the two-fingers sign to the Irish banking inquiry. This is so serious that I urge the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to summon an EU Commission summit to discuss this. The ECB banking system was a disaster and when we needed Europe most, it turned its back on us and forced the former Minister for Finance, the late, great Brian Lenihan, to do its bidding in this country to protect the banks. Irish citizens are entitled to answers from the ECB. I wish the inquiry well but its work will not be adequate, proper or definitive in its decisions without the evidence from the ECB. It is a disgrace that it is ignoring us.