President Obama has announced that he will be levying a fee on certain US banks and financial institutions to recoup some of the US Govt bailouts they've got
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1312018920100114
Would or could a similer fee to recoup the money the Irish banks here have got from the the Irish Govt (or will get in the future) work? If so, how could it be structured so that the banks could not simply pass the cost on to the consumer via increasing banking charges/rates and could it be done without jeapordising the banks ability to lend?