Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

That was because in their wisdom, like Sinn Féin, they felt it was something that was in the national interest. I wanted to say that in case the Deputy thinks that somehow or other, on the night, people like the Independents and Sinn Féin were forced to vote for the bank guarantee. I do not think they were. I think they chose to vote for the bank guarantee because they saw it as the better option at the time. The Deputy can discuss with them what their detailed thinking was, but that was what they did.

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