Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

With regard to the Anglo Irish Bank tapes, Professor Honohan was quoted in a German newspaper a few months ago as saying that it seemed that the Anglo bankers were deliberately misrepresenting the position of the bank, with a view to accessing financial support. Was it after that the professor went and looked to see in detail what these characters said in subsequent meetings with the Central Bank and did he then establish that they did not misrepresent the position of the bank in their dealings to attempt to get funds and is that why he says there are actually no new issues?