Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That day ... that same day in the Dáil, Brian Lenihan confirmed that he would be heading the negotiations or heading the discussions without actually him being there, it would be officials dealing with it on a technical nature, but he would sign off on them. And we know the discussions and negotiations went on for a number of days. The previous day, Minister Batt O'Keeffe said this was about playing a game of poker. What was the Minister's view in relation to the type of negotiations that the Government or the officials were entering into with the IMF and the troika? Was it, as Minister Batt O'Keeffe said ... this was like a game of poker or was it very more reserved, more-----