The Taoiseach says he has no idea of the exposure of credit unions in the liquidation of the former Irish Anglo Bank.
It is estimated that credit unions could have had as much as €17 million on deposit at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC).
Enda Kenny says there is a €500 million recapitalisation fund that could be called on.
A number of credit unions had fixed term deposits with the former State-owned bank which may be lost in the liquidation.
The Taoiseach told the Dail emergency funding for the credit unions may have to be tapped depending on the scale of the losses.
But Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin says the coalition has done to credit unions what it should have done to bond-holders.
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