Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Okay. Just for matters of consistency, there was three items I dealt with him, I just want to get them dealt with now and it'll bring us into the context of this afternoon as well. And the ... this is a question I put to Mr. Cardiff yesterday and if I could put the same question to yourself, Governor Honohan, and the question is, did the structure or design of the bank guarantee, along with its period of duration have any bearing on the Irish State entering a bailout programme two years, two months after the banking guarantee?