Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Okay. Was there ... did you appear before an Oireachtas finance committee in July '08 - and I remember it because I was on the committee at the time - about the issue of the drying up of credit for the SME sector? That was the specific issue. Did you pre the night of the bank guarantee, consult with your member in terms of how they were doing, in terms of their liquidity requirements? Was there any contact with bankers with you prior to the guarantee saying that they had difficulties? Did you have any contact with either the Department of Finance, regulators or Ministers or Government officials pre the guarantee?