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

Thank you, Mr. Cowen, and I am sure any other matters in this, you can provide for clarification if needs be. Can I just bring up one issue before I invite in Deputy Doherty, Mr. Cowen? That is, when you took over from Mr. Ahern as Taoiseach, did you believe that the fundamentals of the Irish economy were sound and did any discussions take place with Mr. Ahern at that time with regard to potential concerns which may have been arising in the Irish banking sector?