Minister Eamon Ryan has said the Green Party was seeking a number of changes to the legislation establishing the National Asset Management Agency.
Speaking on RTÉ's This Week, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources reiterated the view that banking reform was essential.
Minister Ryan said the Government needed to make sure the funds received by the banks were reinvested in the economy.
He said the legislation should also include provision for a social dividend.
The Minister said the financial dealings of NAMA should be transparent and open to scrutiny.
Minister Ryan expects that the State will increase its shareholding in the banks.
Cowen criticises banks' bonus culture
Taoiseach Brian Cowen has condemned as 'obscene' and 'crazy' the bonuses paid to bankers, according to the Sunday Independent.
The newspaper reports that Mr Cowen is calling on the financial services' industry to 'get real' and develop a 'wider responsibility beyond their own corporate box'.
The Taoiseach added that he does not 'want to compromise their investigation by making any further comment, because I want to see that justice is served'.
The paper also reports that the total value of the pension fund for senior Government ministers is set to exceed €55m.
Speaking to journalists this afternoon, Mr Cowen said that any amendments to the NAMA Bill will be agreed by Government.
He gave the clearest signal yet that the report of the Taxation Commission will not be implemented in the short term.
Mr Cowen said recasting the tax code would be an exercise over time to be decided by the Government.
Elsewhere, the Sunday Tribune is reporting that Ceann Comhairle John O'Donoghue has more than three times the amount of staff at his office than his predecessor.
The newspaper reports that the payroll for the ten staff working in Mr O'Donoghue's Ceann Comhairle's office is over €470,000.
This compares to a payroll of just under €108,000 for the three staff the paper says worked under former Ceann Comhairle Rory O'Hanlon.
