Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Minister for Finance to pull the hand brake a small bit in terms of the Central Bank. We all accept that there should be regulation and oversight. The credit union movement that Nora Herlihy set up was not meant to be considered a bank but to work for people in communities in all parts of Ireland. I am very concerned at the way the Central Bank has treated credit unions.

Senator Mullen asked about the operation of the International Protection Act 2015. I am happy to invite the Minister to come to the House to debate the matter.

Senator Murnane O'Connor raised the issue of post offices. I hope she understands that the decision was not made by the Government. It is a report, if I may say before she responds, that An Post refuted this afternoon. I ask her to check her sources again.