Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

To reiterate, I believe, and Sinn Féin believes, that the proposed sale of AIB should be abandoned. Selling AIB is the wrong decision. The Oireachtas is nothing without the people. The Oireachtas should vote on this sale because the people will not benefit from it. The people spent €20 billion bailing out this bank. We should think about the limited powers that we have as politicians and the huge powers that our banking sector has. This is a chance for the Irish people to have a say in how our banking sector is run. Again, I reiterate that this sale should be considered by this House and should be voted on by these Houses.