Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As the Chairman said, if any answers are not within Mr. Buti's competence or he does not want to answer them, he should just point that out and we will know. As I was saying, I could not help noticing in recent days the consideration of tax anticipation notes as a suggestion from the Greek authorities as they seek to deal with their issues. There is no agreement and we all wish them well, I am sure. In the pre-2008 period, would consideration have been given at that time to measures such as tax anticipation notes as an assistance tool for a sovereign government within the EU in a banking crisis rather than the prescription of austerity as a budgetary approach?