Why did Anglo Public Interest Director Alan Dukes ‘sing dumb’?

‘Why did Alan Dukes sing dumb?’

THE role of former Fine Gael leader Alan Dukes as a Public Interest Director at the former Anglo Irish Bank while the Anglo executives’ taped conversations that have enraged the public were in existence has been called into question by Sinn Féin TD Mary Lou McDonald during Leaders’ Questions to the Government in the Dáil on Thursday.

She noted that Alan Dukes was appointed as a Public Interest Director to the bank in December 2008 and paid €127,000 in 2010. He became Chairperson in 2010.

Former Fianna Fáil Senator Aidan Eames was appointed to the board in June 2010.

The Sinn Féin deputy leader asked the Tánaiste (standing in for the Taoiseach):

“I want to know – and I want you to find out – what the Public Interest Director was doing?

“Why did Alan Dukes sing dumb?

“I don’t think that matter can wait. I think that matter needs to be established now and without infringing on the prerogatives of any other body, I think it entirely appropriate that the Government of the day would put that question to Mr Alan Dukes and get a straight response.”