Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Department of Finance published documentation. They didn't make any specific documentation available to the Labour Party other than through the head of research who was himself an economist but I did actually, from time to time, meet with officials from the NTMA and from the Central Bank and they gave opinions. And in relation to the Central Bank, I raised specifically with the then Governor of the Central Bank - and did request to meet him - my concerns about subprime lending over a number of years.