John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Did you see the evidence of Mr. Cardiff in ... where he referred to concerns that Minister Lenihan had about Cabinet confidentiality? And, if you did, what did you make of it or what ... were you aware of those concerns yourself at the time? I want to put the direct quote from Mr. Cardiff's witness statement to you. He said:

During his time as Minister for Finance he was concerned that sensitive information could not be trusted to the whole cabinet because – in his view – at least one of his colleagues would not treat the information received with discretion. This had consequences later.

Were you aware of those concerns?