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Thu 05 May 2004Committee seeks to compel AIB to attendThe Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance and the Public Services is to write to the chairman of AIB, Mr Dermot Gleeson, seeking a bank representative to appear before the committee. The committee is also examining whether it can be given powers to compel people to appear before it in future inquiries.Committee members yesterday expressed anger and dissatisfaction with the responses they had received from AIB group chief executive, Mr Michael Buckley, regarding an appearance before it. They want to question him about a series of revelations regarding overcharging on banking transactions.