Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Thank you, Mr. Halligan. Mr. Trichet, my questions relate to burden sharing and whether or not the ECB sought to influence the decision of the Irish Government on burden sharing with senior bondholders from 2008 to 2013. Just to give some context to the question, in September 2010 the guarantee expired and some €20 billion of unsecured senior bonds came out of the guarantee. Roughly €4 billion of these bonds were issued by Anglo and INBS, two banks that no longer exist. So did you or the ECB influence or seek to influence the decision of the Irish Government to repay these unsecured, unguaranteed senior bonds?