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Taoiseach Brian Cowen has denied a Fine Gael claim that up to €6 billion will be announced in today’s Budget to further “bail out” Anglo Irish Bank.

But Mr Cowen said the recapitalisation of Anglo-Irish Bank “and the investments taxpayers have made in other covered institutions” were clearly separate “from the budgetary statement to be made to the House by the Minister today”.