Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fraud investigations being undertaken into a crisis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8070/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE), assisted by members of the Garda Fraud Squad, is investigating matters at Anglo Irish Bank and has carried out a search at the offices of the bank. As the Deputy will be further aware, the Government does not intervene in investigations by the ODCE and/or the Garda Síochána. The Government has always made it clear that the proper statutory bodies were investigating what occurred at Anglo Irish Bank and that the Government would do nothing to prejudice possible subsequent civil or criminal proceedings.